The Dogra Front, a local political outfit, staged a protest in Jammu on Tuesday against National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah’s remarks on the issue of restoring the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
Raising slogans against Farooq Abdullah during the protest, the members of Dogra Front demanded the termination of Abdullah’s Lok Sabha membership.
The protesters appealed to Lok Sabha Speaker to take cognizance of Farooq Abdullah’s “anti-national” remarks on Article 370 and take action against him.
The BJP had earlier accused Farooq Abdullah of making “seditious and anti-national” statements on the issue of restoring the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, a charge denied by the NC which alleged that the BJP had twisted his remarks, news agency PTI reported.
“Abdullah remarks are seditious and anti-national” and have made him a “hero in China”, BJP leader Sambit Patra was quoted as saying by PTI.
The NC, meanwhile, denied that Farooq Abdullah had said Article 370 would be restored with the help of China.
The party said Farooq Abdullah never justified China’s expansionist mindset or its aggression.
“Our President articulated the people’s anger over the abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A by Parliament on August 5 last year as he has consistently done in recent months. He emphasised that no one in Jammu and Kashmir was willing to accept these changes,” the NC spokesperson was quoted as saying by PTI.
“Dr Abdullah never said that together with China we will bring back Article 370 as Mr Patra claimed at a media briefing in which he also misquoted some previous statements of Dr Abdullah,” the NC spokesperson added.