During a current dialog with a Pakistani-origin journalist on the Clubhouse app, Congress chief Digvijay Singh stirred the hornet’s nest by hinting at reversing the choice by the Modi authorities to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. The choice was taken on fifth August 2019 by the Modi authorities in a bid to totally combine Jammu and Kashmir with the remainder of India by revoking the draconian provisions of the article.
Shahzeb Jillani, the Pakistani journalist presently residing in Germany, had claimed that he was shocked on the altering panorama of politics and Indian society below the Modi regime. He alleged that the liberty of the press in India has shrunk and that the revocation of Article 370 has strained the connection between India and Pakistan. Interestingly, Jillani additionally stated that it is just within the final couple of months that he can discover how the media is talking up in opposition to the Narendra Modi authorities.
@digvijaya_28 telling Pakistani that Congress would rethink choice of revoking Article 370 as soon as they’re in energy. #Part1 #ClubHouse pic.twitter.com/5FSL60goOi— ClubHouse Leaks (created at the moment) (@LeaksClubhouse) June 11, 2021
“If and when this government goes and India does get rid of PM Modi, what will be the way forward on Kashmir? I know it is on the margins because of what is going on in India right now. But this is an issue that has existed between the two countries for so long,” Shahzeb Jillani requested Digvijay Singh.
According to his Twitter profile, Jillani is a former BBC correspondent in Pakistan, Beirut, Washington and London. He was earlier additionally related to the DW information. However, whereas introducing himself to Congress chief Digvijay Singh, Jillani stated that he’s presently working with DW information and was born in Sindh, Pakistan.
Screengrab of the Twitter profile of Shahzeb Jillani
“I sincerely believe what is dangerous to the society is the religious fundamentalism, be it the Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs or whatever. Religious fundamentalism leads to hatred, and hatred leads to violence…”, Digvijay Singh replied. He added, “Therefore, I think malice, disease, and the virus are religious fundamentalism. Every society/religious group has to realise that everyone has the right to follow their tradition/faith. No one has the right to impose his faith/feelings/religion on anyone else.”
@digvijaya_28 telling Pakistani that Congress would rethink choice of revoking Article 370 as soon as they’re in energy. Final #ClubHouse pic.twitter.com/aGosQctXbp— ClubHouse Leaks (created at the moment) (@LeaksClubhouse) June 11, 2021
Furthermore, the Congress chief alleged, “Democracy was not there in Kashmir when they revoked Article 370. Insaniyat (humanity) was not there because they put everyone behind bars. And Kashmiriyat is something that is fundamental to secularism. Because in a Muslim-majority State, there was a Hindu Raja (king).”
“Both worked together. In fact, the reservation in Kashmir was given to Kashmiri Pandits in government services. Therefore, revoking Article 370 and reducing the Statehood of J&K is an extremely sad decision. We (Congress party) will certainly have to relook at this issue,” he concluded.
Not solely does Digvijay Singh promise to revoke the choice by the Modi authorities to revoke Article 370, which primarily stored Jammu and Kashmir as an arm separate from the remainder of India since independence, with the Congress governments fanning that rigidity, he additionally appeared to whitewash the genocide of Hindus from the valley. When Digvijay Singh says that Kashmiri Pandits had been those who bought reservations in jobs, he says that the Hindus of the valley had been handled properly by the Muslims of the state fully glossing over the genocide the place Hindus had been raped, murdered and pushed away from Kashmir by Muslim fundamentalists and Jihadis.
Abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi authorities
In the manifesto, BJP had promised to repeal Article 370 from the state of Jammu and Kashmir that gave it particular standing. On fifth August 2019, the BJP-led Union authorities fulfilled the promise. The state was divided into two Union Territories, Ladakh, and Jammu & Kashmir, below Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act. The choice got here into impact on thirty first October 2019.