*NEW DELHI – In India, the main Opposition party Congress has warned of‘grave implications’ for the country’s national security following the Modigovernment’s decision to end special status for Jammu and Kashmir underArticle 370 of the constitution.*
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a tweet on Tuesday said: “Nationalintegration is not furthered by unilaterally tearing apart Jammu andKashmir, imprisoning elected representatives and violating ourConstitution.”
He said Indian nation is made by its people, not plots of land.
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He also lamented that Kashmir’s mainstream political leaders have beenjailed at secret locations and termed it “unconstitutional & undemocratic.”
Meanwhile, during a debate on Indian government’s abrupt decision on Jammuand Kashmir in Lok Shaba today, a Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhurysought clarification on how the United Nations is monitoring Kashmir since1948 if the region is an internal issue of India, Radio Pakistan reported.
He questioned that why India signed Shimla Agreement and LahoreDeclaration, was that an internal matter or bilateral?
The Congress leader said the government had thrown rules and regulationsout of the window by proposing to create two union territories out of Jammuand Kashmir.
