BJP leader LK Advani today said the situation in Kashmir valley was one of "total anarchy" and slammed the Centre for being clueless on how to handle the situation.
Advani also renewed the demand for scrapping Article 370 of Constitution that gave special status to J&K, saying it continues to breed separatism and was a big barrier in the psychological unity of the country.
"In the Kashmir Valley the situation today is of total anarchy. And the government seems clueless how to deal with it," Advani said in his blog on Sunday.
Referring to the memorandum submitted by BJP MLAs from Jammu and Kashmir to prime minister Manmohan Singh last week, Advani said they cautioned him "against any dilution in the presence of security forces in that state."
He said that the BJP MLAS also urged him not to succumb to the acceptance of any separatist demand.
"For the BJP, the issue of Kashmir’s complete integration with India is one which the party has pursued relentlessly since its birth as Bharatiya Jana Sangh," Advani said.
He said Article 370 "which continues to breed separatism must go... BJP is today the only political party in the country which holds that Article 370 of the Constitution ought to be scrapped. We regard this provisionas a big barrier in the psychological unity of the country."
The BJP leader said he feels surprised when the party's demand for repeal of Article 370 is cited as proof of our communalism.
That only underscores how perverse these catchwords have become, he added.
"It is very clear from the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly that the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir State under Article 370 was only in the nature of an interim arrangement.
The rationale was Pakistan's invasion, and the UN dimension. This article had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Jammu and Kashmir is a Muslim majority state, the argument that is being advanced today to condemn our demand for its abrogation," he added. PTI AMR GSN 08082308 NNNN
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