Article 370 Will Never Come Back, It's History: Amit Shah Makes It Clear At Bjp Manifesto Launch

Srinagar: Article 370 will never come back and it's history, Union Home Minister Amit Shah made it clear at the BJP 's manifesto launch for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu-Kashmir on Friday in Srinagar. His statement with reference to Article 370 is a strong retort to parties like National Conference who have mentioned about restoring the law in the Union Territory.

Addressing a press conference, the senior BJP leader said the last 10-year period will be written in golden letters in the history of the country and J&K, and urged people to vote his party to power to continue good governance.

Amit Shah reached Jammu earlier in the day on a two-day visit to kickstart the BJP 's campaign for the assembly polls scheduled to be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1.

"I have gone through the National Conference agenda. I want to make it clear to the whole country that Article 370 has become history and will never make a comeback," the Union home minister said in his speech before releasing the BJP manifesto.

He said Article 370 is not part of the Constitution anymore. "This Article has only given arms and stones in the hands of the youth and facilitated them to tread the path of terrorism," Shah added.

"I want to tell Omar Abdullah that whatever the results, we will not allow you to touch the reservation granted to Gujjars, Bakerwals and Pahadis," he said.

Shah added terrorism will be completely eradicated from Jammu and Kashmir. "A white paper will be issued to fix the responsibility of those involved in the emergence of terrorism in J&K," he added.

Appealing to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to vote for the BJP in the assembly elections, Shah said, "Give us a five-year tenure to ensure the development of the region."

With inputs from PTI