Reacts to remarks of Omar, Farooq on Modi as PM
Srinagar: Reacting to the recent statement of chief minister Omar Abdullah and NC patron Dr Farooq Abdullah that ‘Kashmir will separate from India if Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister, state Congress chief Saif-ud-din Soz maintained that Kashmir can never secede from India and that the accession is ‘final and ‘irrevocable’.
“Yes as far as the elevation of Modi as a Prime Minister is concerned, I want to make clear that Kashmir was not acceded to the ‘fascist’ India but to the secular one,” Soz told KNS, adding that Kashmir is a Muslim majority state and its accession with India was purely done on the secular grounds.
He stated further that Kashmir is India’s part and other demands over which the discussions are going on is the ‘quantum’ of Autonomy. “General Musharraf had understood the reality of the issue and that the same is an established fact that accession is irrevocable and unquestionable.”
Taking jibe at Modi, Soz stated that if Modi becomes prime minster- the same will be problematic for all the political groups. “It is not possible that Modi will become the prime minster, nobody wants him to lead India, and we won’t allow him for that.”
Soz claimed further that Muslims in India are not the minorities but the second most majority and that they must be taken seriously. “What at present are we saying is that if Modi becomes prime minster, we will continue to protest against his policies, and will remain steadfast in our struggle against fascists.” Pertinently, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday warned that Narendra Modi’s success in ongoing Lok Sabha elections would lead to disastrous consequences especially for Jammu and Kashmir.
In an interview with leading English daily The Hindu, Omar Abdullah said that: A Narendra Modi-led government could “end up severing Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of the country”. He said that proposed review of Article 370 of the Indian constitution by Modi was fraught with serious significances as any attempt to repeal or abrogate 370, which provides a special status to Jammu and Kashmir within Indian union, would mean “that the constitutional bridge between Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian Union will be destroyed.”
“Well, If Modi goes ahead and fulfils his poll promises; he will end up severing Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of the country. That is what Modi will do. He has promised to revoke Article 370 from the Constitution, which means that the constitutional bridge between Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian Union will be destroyed. This basically means that the structure of Jammu and Kashmir’s position in the Indian Union will be undermined”, Omar told the interviewer. Also Farooq Abdullah, had said Kashmir will not be a part of India if the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was voted to power.
Abdullah, who is also Union New and Renewable Energy Minister, said people of Kashmir wouldn’t accept a communal person. “If it happens then Kashmir will not remain a part of India. I say it publicly. Kashmiris will not accept a communal person,” Abdullah had stated. He further had attacked BJP’s prime ministerial stating those who vote for Modi should drown themselves in sea.