Will scrap Article 370 as soon as BJP returns to power: UP Dy CM Maurya

Press Trust of India  |  Shahjahanpur (UP) 

Minister Tuesday said Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir, will be scrapped after the BJP returns to power at the Centre.

He said Modi, in his second term as the prime minister, would "wipe out terrorism".

Taking a jibe at and Rahul Gandhi, he said that after the election "Akhilesh and Rahul will go back to Saifai and respectively".

On Azam Khan's son's "Anarkali" remark against BJP candidate Jaya Prada, Maurya said the has taken note of it and action will be taken against him.

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First Published: Tue, April 23 2019. 19:20 IST