Will scrap Article 370 once BJP gets majority in Parliament: Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah said Friday that his party would abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution which gives a special status to Jammu and Kashmir after getting a majority in both houses of Parliament.

Speaking at a poll rally at Dharampur in Gujarat’s Valsaddistrict, he also said the main issue in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections wasnational security.

   

“We have already said in our manifesto that we willrepeal Article 370 once we get majority in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha sothat Kashmir becomes integral part of India permanently,” said Shah.

At present, the BJP does not enjoy a majority in the UpperHouse of Parliament.

Shah was here to campaign for Dr K C Patel, BJP MP andcandidate from Valsad. All 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will go to the pollson April 23.

“This fight is not just about development. There is nodoubt development took place under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The issue thistime is national security and only Modi and the BJP can provide that,” hesaid.

“Only Modi can make India a superpower,” he added.

 Referring to the airstrike carried out by the Air Force on inside Pakistan after the Pulwama attack,Shah alleged that “when the entire country was celebrating, the Congresswas mourning.”

“We can understand why Pakistan was upset. But why Rahul Gandhi’s party was grieving when terrorists were killed?” he asked.

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