Tuesday 21st Jul, 2026
Srinagar, Apr 3: (UNI) Reacting to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah’s comment that 2020 will be the deadline for revocation of Article 370, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said that the same day will be the end of accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India.
Lashing out at senior Congress leader Karan Singh for his comment on the article, Ms Mehbooba, who is a former chief minister of the state, said his father Maharaja Hari Singh had himself laid the foundation of Article 370. “And today, he is singing a different tune. I think it is totally incorrect and doesn’t fit with his stature,” Mehbooba told reporters after filing her nomination for upcoming parliamentary election from Anantnag Lok Sabha seat here on Wednesday.
In response to a question about Mr Shah setting 2020 as deadline for abrogation of Article 370, she said the same year will also be Jammu and Kashmir’s deadline to the country that if promises on which accession of the state to India took places were compromised, the relation of J&K with the country will also end.
Ms Mehbooba said the point related to J&K in the election manifesto of Congress was the same as Agenda of Alliance (AoA), which was forged between PDP and BJP before coalition government formation in the state. “Repealing AFSPA from J&K is anti-national and demoralising for armed forces. Then why was it repealed in 3 districts in Arunachal by BJP? Why keep a different yardstick for Kashmir?” Ms Mehbooba asked.
“Allure of power gives people selective amnesia. PDPs agenda of alliance agreed upon by BJP clearly stipulated a review & gradual withdraw of AFSPA from disturbed areas in J&K. Congress demanding it is treason but BJP wanting it to grab power is OK?” she twitted.