BJP would have slandered Ambedkar as pro-Pakistan: Mehbooba Mufti

Mehbooba Mufti

The BJP would have slandered even B R Ambedkar, the father of Indian Constitution, as pro-Pakistan had he been alive, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday, amidst criticism of Congress leader Digvijaya Singh over his remarks on Article 370.

Mehbooba said Article 370 - which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir before its operative provisions were nullified by the Centre in 2019 - was granted by the Constitution drafted by Ambedkar, but it has been "subverted" by the Centre. Her remarks came amidst growing criticism of the Congress and Singh over his purported comments in an audio chat on social media that his party will have a "relook" at Article 370 revocation and Jammu and Kashmir's lost statehood if it returns to power. The BJP has said Singh's remarks were part of a larger pattern of the party being "hand in glove" with Pakistan.

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