Kashmir, 10/7: Asking the Congress to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fulfilling the grand old party’s “promise” of abrogating Article 370, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said that grassroots-level democracy has flourished for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir.
When Syama Prasad Mookerjee suggested in the Constituent Assembly that there should be a rethink on it (Article 370), the biggest advocates of the provision including Jawahar Lal Nehru responded by saying ‘this will erode over time’. But the Congress couldn’t remove it. In fact, they should thank the BJP for fulfilling something promised by Congress,” Singh told reporters, here, on the sidelines of an official function.
Asked about when the much-awaited Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held, Singh said, “Grassroots level democracy has flourished for the first time in the history of J&K. This was missing for the past 70 years.”