BJP's top leadership campaigning in Maharashtra, Jharkhand on J&K's resolution for restoration of Article 370

The 5-day fiery session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has ended in Srinagar, but its deliberations are echoing in the crucial poll bound Maharashtra and Jharkhand where the top BJP leadership is utilizing the Article 370 restoration resolution as an election issue to pin down its rival INDIA alliance.

- SP SHARMA

The 5-day fiery session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly has ended in Srinagar, but its deliberations are echoing in the crucial poll-bound Maharashtra and Jharkhand where the top BJP leadership is utilizing the Article 370 restoration resolution as an election issue to pin down its rival INDIA alliance.

The first session after a gap of six years under the Union Territory (UT) status witnessed unruly scenes by BJP and a few other opposition members on the issue of the ruling National Conference's (NC) resolution seeking restoration of the special status of J&K that was abrogated by the Modi government on 5 August 2019.

A twist was given to the issue by the PDP, Peoples Conference and Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) who said that NC's resolution was weak worded and moved another strongly drafted resolution demanding immediate restoration of Article 370 and 35A in their original, unaltered form and called for reversal of all changes introduced after abrogation of Article 370.