Nobody has right to misinterpret resolution passed by J-K Assembly: MP Aga Ruhullah

Srinagar, Nov 15: Soon after Indian National Congress (INC) president Malikarjun Kharge disassociated his party from seeking restoration of Article 370 to J&K, the National Conference (NC) senior leader and Member of Parliament, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Friday said that nobody has right to misinterpret resolution passed by Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in its last session.

He said the resolution demonstrates peoples’ disapproval of all the amendments done from 1953 to 2019.

Ruhullah clarified that the resolution calls for the return of all the guarantees in their original shape and form as was operational before 1953 including Article 370 and 35(A).

“No INC president or JKPCC president has a right to misinterpret the resolution passed by the J&K Legislative Assembly in the last session,” MP Ruhullah said on X.

He added, “The purpose of that resolution is to express the people’s disapproval of all the amendments and unconstitutional abrogation of the guaranteed (Special) Status of J&K from the year 1953 to 2019,” and continued, “This resolution calls for the return or all the guarantees in their original shape and form as was operational before 1953 including Art 370 and 35A”.

“Let alone JKPCC or any other entity. Even if anyone from within @JKNC_ tries to misinterpret the resolution otherwise and against the wishes of the people, will be rejected and pushed by the people to a corner of irrelevance as the allies of BJP were in the last election,” Ruhullah said on X.

Pertinently AICC president Malikarjun Kharge on Thursday contested Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s assertion that the Congress intends to reinstate Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir, and pointed out the contentious provision was repealed by Parliament.

He accused the BJP of keeping the Article 370 issue alive merely to create divisions in society.