NEW DELHI — Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anurag Thakur on Thursday said that Pakistan’s Defence Minister supporting the Congress-National Conference stand on Article 370 has left Congress “exposed” in front of the whole nation.
Speaking to ANI, Thakur slammed Congress and the National Conference’s partnership and their stand on the restoration of Article 370.
“This clears that Congress, Pakistan and NC have same intentions, agenda and mindset. Pakistan’s Defense Minister supporting the Congress-NC alliance’s stand on Article 370 has exposed Congress’ face in front of the people. In every election, Congress sing the praises of Pakistan. Even during the Airstrike and Surgical strike, Congress raised questions on our own soldiers…Why does Rahul Gandhi always stand with the anti-national powers? Why does he support the ‘Tukde-Tukde’ gang?.. Now they want to reinstate Article 370. 45,000 people were killed. How many more corpses do they want to see?” Thakur queried.
The Prime Minister’s remarks came in the wake of Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif statement in an interview in which he said that Pakistan and the NC-Congress alliance were on the same page on the restoration of Article 370.
Earlier speaking on Geo News to senior journalist Hamid Mir, the Pakistan Defence Minister was asked whether Pakistan and the National Conference-Congress alliance are on the same page on the restoration of Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir.
Khwaja Asif replied, “Absolutely. Even our demand is also the same…”
The Pakistan Minister also claimed that Article 370 could return should the NC-Congress alliance come to power in JK.
“I think it is possible. Currently, the National Conference and Congress have very big importance over there. The population of the valley has been motivated a lot on this issue and I believe, there is a chance that the Conference (National Conference) will come to power. They have made this an election issue that the status of Jammu and Kashmir should be restored,” Asif told Geo News. — (ANI)