CWC criticises NDA government’s‘Brazen Act’

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee braved internal differences to pass a resolution, slamming the government for withdrawing special status to J&K and for bifurcating the state. The CWC defended the party stand in Parliament by reiterating the traditional Congress position and vowing to stand by the people of J&K and fight the “diabolical agenda of the BJP.” The resolution came on a day when party’s Lok Sabha floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury talked about the ‘UN monitoring in J&K’ during the House debate and Jyotiraditya Scindia tweeted in support of the government decision. This after Rahul Gandhi tweeted a strong critique of the government actions.


“The CWC deplores the unilateral, brazen and totally undemocratic manner in which Article 370 of the Constitution was abrogated and the state of Jammu and Kashmir was dismembered by misinterpreting the provisions of the Constitution. Every principle of constitutional law, state’s rights, parliamentary procedure and democratic governance was violated. Article 370 was conceived and crafted by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhai Patel and Dr BR Ambedkar…”, the resolution said, stressing the united stand taken by Nehru and Patel.


“Article 370 is the constitutional recognition of the terms of the Instrument of Accession… It deserved to be honoured until it was amended, after consultation with all sections of the people, and strictly in accordance with the Constitution of India. The CWC strongly reaffirmed the consistent and stated position of the Congress that J&K, including the areas under the illegal occupation of Pakistan and the part ceded by it to China, are integral part of the Republic of India and that the integration of J&K with India is final and irrevocable...”