Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (PTI/File)
A row erupted over Digvijaya Singh’s feedback that his social gathering could have a ‘relook’ at Article 370 revocation if it returns to energy.
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Senior BJP chief and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday requested the Congress management to make its stand clear on the purported remarks of Digvijaya Singh that his social gathering could have a “relook” at Article 370 revocation if it returns to power, saying “time of silence is over”. A row erupted on Saturday over Congress chief Digvijaya Singh’s feedback in an audio chat on social media that his social gathering could have a “relook” at Article 370 revocation and Jammu and Kashmir’s lost statehood if it returns to power, with the BJP accusing him of spewing venom against India in “collaboration” with Pakistan.
“It is now greater than a day when the central management of the Congress is sustaining a conspicuous silence on its stand about Article 370. Does the Congress need restoration of Article 370 as Digvijaya Singh has indicated? Time of silence is over. Please clarify your clear stand,” Prasad wrote on Twitter.
Singh had said, “The decision of revoking Article 370 and reducing the statehood of J&K is extremely, I would say, sad decision, and the Congress party would certainly have a relook on the issue. Singh was responding to a question about the “way forward” on the problem “as soon as the Modi authorities is gone” . While abrogating Article 370, good governance was promised both in J&K and Ladakh. The speed with which vaccination against COVID-19 is going on even in the remotest parts of J&K and Ladakh is a sign of pro-people good governance in the region, Prasad said in another tweet.
Singh’s remarks to a person, who the BJP said was a journalist of Pakistani origin, were seized by its leaders on Saturday to unleash a torrent of criticism against the opposition party and demand statements from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi on the issue.
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