Jammu: BJP ideologue and Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee had fully endorsed article 370 of the constitution which guarantees a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the state’s ruling National Conference said Thursday.
“How can they wish away this historical fact while generating passions over the issue?” Devender Rana, the party’s provincial president, said at a media conference here.
He was referring to debates in the Constituent Assembly where Mukherjee in his capacity as member never opposed article 370 and became a signatory to the constitution.
Article 370 was a bridge between Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of India, Rana said, following the union government’s statement with regard to initiation of the process of scrapping this article.
“National Conference opposes any such move which jeopardises the legitimate guarantee enshrined in the constitution for the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh,” he said.
He said his party would appreciate a debate, which has already been stated by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah with any political party.