Stoking yet another controversy, the Congress party on Sunday accused the Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik to collude with the Centre and said that he should formally join the BJP. Speaking to a news agency after Congress led Opposition delegtaion was not allowed to review the situation in Kashmir and was sent back from Srinagar airport, LOP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that J&K governor should be state chief of BJP. He said: "I think the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir should be made the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) President for J&K. I think so because his behaviour as well as his statements are more like that of a BJP leader." He added that the J&K governor invited Rahul Gandhi to the valley and said he will send a plane. "However, when Rahul Gandhi went there he was not allowed. Why are Opposition leaders not allowed. What are they hiding?"

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Congress led Opposition Delegation to Kashmir

Even as the Centre and the security forces are trying their level best to restore normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, Opposition delegation led by Congress travelled to Srinagar on August 24. The delegation led by Congress comprises of Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, as well as other leaders of Opposition - CPI's D Raja, CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury, RJD's Manoj Jha and others. As the leaders boarded the flight to Srinagar, they claimed that they are going to talk to common Kashmiri people. They also said that they want to help restore normalcy in the valley. Questioning the government, they said that if everything is normal in Kashmir why are Opposition leaders not allowed to visit the valley.

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Earlier taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi had demanded to visit the Valley after abrogation of  Article 370. Responding to him, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik had offered to send him a 'plane' to visit the state so that he would stop fear mongering over it. In response, Rahul Gandhi explicitly stated that while he won't 'need an aircraft' but 'freedom' should be assured for him to travel and meet mainstream leaders and soldiers deployed in the valley. However, the delegation was sent back from Srinagar even after Rahul Gandhi insisted that he is visiting after J&K governor agreed him visiting the valley. The security forces said that to maintain peace it is necessary that situation is not hindered.

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Abrogation of Article 370

On August 5, India revoked Article 370 of the Constitution removing special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally it has also bifurcated the state into two Union Territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Reacting to India's decision, Pakistan took a number of steps including expulsion of the Indian High Commissioner soon after deciding to downgrade  diplomatic ties with New Delhi. India has categorically told the international community that its move to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution is India's internal matter. Despite Pakistan's repeated attempt to internationalise the issue, international community including UN has categorically said that it is a bilateral matter and there is no scope for 'third party mediation'. Moreover, to Pakistan's embarrassment, Imran Khan's minister have been peddling fake news to attract the international forum towards Kashmir issue, but the Indian army has busted their attempts each time. 

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