‘Unfortunate, irresponsible’: J&K CM Omar’s Article 370, PoK remarks draw BJP fire

Jammu
a d
Kashmi
chief
mi iste
Oma
Abdullah

NEW
DELHI:
Bha atiya
Ja ata
Pa ty
o
Satu day
slammed
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
chief
mi iste

Oma
Abdullah
fo
c iticisi g
the
ab ogatio
of

A ticle
370
du i g
his
I depe de ce
Day
speech
a d
accused
him
of
c eati g
a
atmosphe e
of
co fusio
i
the
Valley.Reacti g
to
Oma ‘s
speech,
leade
of
oppositio
i
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
assembly
Su il
Sha ma
said
that
the
ab ogatio
of
A ticle
370
i
August
2019
st e gthe ed
the
fede al
st uctu e
i
Kashmi .”The
chief
mi iste ‘s
speech
was
a
bit
eg ettable.
I
would
say
this
was
a
u fo tu ate
a d
i espo sible
speech
because
this
is
ot
a
political
stage.
F om
this
stage,
the e
should
be
a
speech
fo
the
u ity,
i teg ity
a d
sove eig ty
of
the
cou t y,
a
t ibute
to
the
soldie s,
a
t ibute
to
the
ma ty s,
a d
especially
fo
the
p ide
a d
ho ou
of
the
T icolou ,”
Sha ma
said.”I
would
like
to
tell
the
chief
mi iste
that
it
was
afte
August
5,
2019,
that
this
fede al
st uctu e
was
st e gthe ed.
That
is
the
easo
why
today
eve y
Kashmi i
is
hummi g
Va de
Mata am,”
the
LoP
said,
addi g
that
the
chief
mi iste ‘s
speech
aises
questio s
about
what
he
wa ts
to
co vey
by
“misusi g
this
stage”.”The
whole
of
I dia
accepts
that
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
is
a
i teg al
pa t
of
them.
People
he e
a e
a
st e gth,
a
powe
of
this
cou t y.

Not
just
he e,
but
also
those
people
ac oss
(the
Li e
of
Co t ol)
u de
illegal
occupatio .
We
co side
them
also
a
i teg al
pa t
of
us,
a d
deem
them
ou
compa io s,”
the
LoP
said.This
comes
afte
the
chief
mi iste ,
i
his
speech,
efe ed
to
the
p otests
i
Pakista -occupied
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
a d
said
that
the
people
o
the
othe
side
of
the
LoC
would
have
bee
p otesti g
to
ejoi
I dia
if
A ticle
370
had
ot
bee
ab ogated.He
said
that
the
situatio
i

PoK
vi dicates
the
decisio
of
Natio al
Co fe e ce
fou de
Sheikh
Muhammad
Abdullah
a d
his
colleagues
to
fight
the
Pakista -backed
t ibal
i vade s
i
1947.“Whe
I
see
the
situatio
today
ac oss
the
bo de
a d
ac oss
the
LoC,
I
ealise
that
the
decisio
take
by
ou
leade s
80
yea s
ago
fo
us
was
the
ight
decisio ,”
the
chief
mi iste
said.
“Those
who
aised
the
sloga
‘Hamalawa
Khaba da ’
we e
ight
a d
the
sac ifices
they
made
we e
ight,”
Oma
said.“Today
I
emembe
people
like
Maste
Abdul
Aziz,
a
leade
of
the
Natio al
Co fe e ce,
who
was
b utally
killed
i
Muzaffa abad
(PoK)
to
stop
those
ve y
attacke s,
to
stop
the
t ibals,
to
stop
those
i filt ato s,”
Oma
said.
“Today,
whe
we
see
the
co ditio
of
that
pa t
of
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
ac oss
the
LoC,
we
feel
sad,
we
feel
wo ied.
Fo
my
pa t,
I
feel
that
pe haps
if
ou
situatio
had
ot
cha ged
i
2019,
the
people
of
that
pa t
of
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
would
be
p otesti g
to
ejoi
us
today,”
Oma
said.

“That
pa t
of
Jammu
a d
Kashmi
is
ou s.
We
co side
those
people
as
ou
ow .
No
o e
is
a
st a ge .
No
o e
is
a
outside .
Eve
today,
as
pe
the
law
of
Jammu
a d
Kashmi ,
seats
a e
ese ved
fo
them
i
the
Assembly
of
Jammu
a d
Kashmi ,
with
the
hope
that
o e
day
those
people
will
be
able
to
use
these
vaca t
seats,”
Oma
added.

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