Indian Opposition parties divided on Kashmir steps |
Indian National Congress is battling a vertical split within the grand old party over opposing the government`s move to withdraw special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution. Members of several regional parties took a stand which was not in sync with the official stand of their respective parties, thereby strengthening the government`s hand and weakening the opposition further. In the Bahujan Samaj Party, the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha and Amroha MP, Kunwar Danish Ali, was not in favour of the party supporting removal of Article 370 in Parliament. Unlike the BSP, the JDU, a member of the BJP-¬led NDA, opposed the government on Article 370 in Parliament and staged a walkout during the voting on the bill. Sharad Pawar ¬led Nationalist Congress Party was among the parties which walked out during voting from both the houses. However, senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar came out in full support of the BJP government over the decision. He said that the decision to abolish Article 370 was necessary to keep the country intact and create communal harmony.
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