Article 370: The Anti Modi Maroons will never come to the table but bark.

Narendra Modi's demand for 'debate on Article 370' sparks political row

Sanjay Khajuria | TNN | Jammu | Dec 2, 2013:: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's call for a debate on Article 370 of the Indian Constitution has snowballed into a political controversy in Jammu & Kashmir. 

..........

BJP defends  Modi, challenges Omar Abdullah for debate 

J&K unit of BJP on Monday slammed chief minister Omar Abdullah for criticizing Narendra Modi over his remark on Article 370 and challenged him to hold a debate over the issue with any BJP leader. 

"We accept his (Omar) challenge to hold a debate on Article 370. He must come forward to hold the debate with any BJP leader," state BJP president and MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma told reporters in Jammu on Monday. 

"Omar is trying to distort facts to mislead and hoodwink the general masses," Sharma said. 

The BJP leader claimed that both Congress and NC had "misused" Article 370 to deprive the people of the state of their fundamental rights and promote communalism, separatism and politics of regional discrimination. 

Sharma also debunked Omar's attack on Modi that he made a false statement that under Article 370, women in the state did not have the same rights as men. He said the chief minister was "blissfully ignorant" of the role played by BJP to ensure gender equality. 

Read the full article. Click Here>> Courtesy: TOI.

Article 370: BJP defends Narendra Modi, challenges Omar Abdullah for debate

PTI | JAMMU/NEW DELHI | 02 DEC 2012:: State unit of BJP on Monday slammed Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for criticizing Narendra Modi over his remark on Article 370 and challenged him to hold a debate over the issue with any BJP leader.

"We accept his (Omar) challenge to hold a debate on Article 370. He must come forward to hold the debate with any BJP leader," state BJP president and MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma told reporters here on Monday.

Omar had on Sunday taken a dig at Modi for his comment to hold a debate over Article 370, saying, "I challenge him or any of his minions to reproduce verbatim the section of Article 370 that determines the J&K state subject law."

Read the full article. Click Here>> Courtesy: TOI.

When Jammu & Kasmir People Accepted Narendra Modi, Separatist Leaders Irked.

Narendra Modi lacks constitutional knowledge: PDP

BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during
an election campaign rally at MA Stadium in Jammu

Press Trust of India | NDTV | Jammu | December 02, 2013::  "Article 370 is permanent and cannot be scrapped. Even Parliament is not constitutionally mandated to review or scrap it," Mr Sayeed said.

Slamming Narendra Modi over his demand for a debate on Article 370, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) today said the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate lacks constitutional knowledge and his remarks can create fissures in Jammu and Kashmir.

PDP patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said Article 370 providing special status to Jammu and Kashmir has gained a permanent status after the constitutional assembly of the state approved it and cannot be scrapped.

LET THE LION COME TO INDIAN PARLIAMENT. HE WILL MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND ALL ABOUT INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND ANTI INDIAN CONSPIRACY AGAINST CONSTITUTION. ~ Editor, Modi Times. 

"We express concern at the serious gaps in the constitutional knowledge (with regard to Article 370) of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate," he said.

The PDP patron said that Mr Modi's comments can create fissures within the state besides increasing trust deficit between the state and rest of the country.

"If Modi aspires for the top job of a country as diverse as India he will have to rise above prejudices, perceptions, propaganda and work for uniting people rather than dividing them," he said.

Related: Modi's remarks on Article 370 trigger debate | VHP opposes Modi, declares Article 370 has to go.  

"His raking up of Article 370 is a very disturbing indicator of his approach to sensitivities of the people of Jammu and Kashmir who acceded to India in pursuit of some dreams which still elude them and constitutional guarantees that can neither be withdrawn nor wished away," the PDP patron said.

Click Here>>Complete Reading Courtesy: NarendraModi.in.

Courtesy: PTI | NDTV | Sify. 

We need a better J&K, not a beggar J&K: Narendra Modi at Jammu Lalkar Rally.

Time to move beyond mentality of beggar state to create a better state: Narendra Modi in J&K

From Narendra Modi dot In:: Shri Narendra Modi addressed the Lalkaar Rally in the city of Jammu on the afternoon of Sunday 1st December 2013. In a comprehensive address filled with hope, aspiration and the message of peace and development, Shri Narendra Modi presented his vision for the people of Jammu Kashmir. He said that the time has come to move beyond the mentality of Jammu Kashmir being a better state and make the state a better state through good governance and fulfilling the aspirations of the people. “Jammu Kashmir Bhikhari Nahi Hain…yeh desh ke liye jeene marne wale log hain,” (people of J&K are not beggars, they want to dedicate themselves to our nation) he affirmed. He also said that the Centre is in deep slumber and no amount of people’s anger would awaken them.

In a clear message to those who have played petty politics with the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for 60 years, Shri Modi declared, “For 60 years they have been talking about separate state but the people got nothing. And there is even no accountability. In the name of creating a separate state they encouraged separatism. Wouldn’t it have been better if they had worked towards creating a super state? It was Atal ji who showed the way in turning J&K into a super state!”

Click Here>>Complete Reading Courtesy: NarendraModi.in.

Report by: Shubham Ghosh of One India | Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 16:49 [IST]

Dec 1: Two persons were killed in a blast here ahead of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's Lalkaar rally. Security arrangements were beefed in and around M A Stadium, the venue of the rally in the heart of the Jammu city. Teams from the Gujarat Police as well local police and Central Reserve Police Force left no stone unturned to ensure foolproof security for the rally. Six persons were killed in blasts during Modi's rally in Patna on October 27, resulting in a major political fight between the BJP and its opponent parties. Restrictions were imposed on several roads as part of the security measures. The army also extended a helping hand to the police and administration to ensure safety and security in and around Jammu. Modi will be assisted by BJP president Rajnath Singh and senior leader Arun Jaitley during the visit. This will be Modi's first visit to the state of Jammu and Kashmir since his anointment as the party's prime ministerial candidate. Modi will return to Delhi on Sunday afternoon.

Click Here>>Complete Reading Courtesy: One India.

Related: There should be discussion on Kashmir's Art. 370: Modi:: Free Press Kashmir.
Related: Modi in Jammu, says J&K should have been made super state instead of separate state:: India Today.

Narendra Modi's Lalkaar rally at Jammu. Politics of discrimination in J&K must end: Modi.

Politics of discrimination in J&K must end: Narendra Modi.

IBN LIVE | JAMMU | 01 Dec 2013:: In a bid to garner Muslim votes, BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the politics of discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir must end.

"The rights that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has, does his sister Sarah Pilot enjoy the same rights? No, because she married outside the state. The women have not been given equal rights in the state unlike in other parts of the country," Modi said at an election rally in Jammu on Sunday.

Taking a dig at the UPA government, Modi said, "If the Centre had woken up after the killing of prisoner Chamel Singh and had raised the issue with Pakistan then possibly Sarabjit Singh's death could have been averted."

  

Narendra Modi said that Kashmiris have been denied rights due to Article 370 and it is been used as a shield for which the various laws made by the Centre were not applicable to J&K.

He also downplayed party's own stand on Article 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir, saying it should be debated whether the constitutional provision has been beneficial for the state and even hinted that it may give up its demand for abrogation if such a view emerges.

Addressing his first rally in Jammu after being named as the BJP prime ministerial candidate, Modi went on to say that Kashmiris have been denied rights due to Article 370 and the article is been used as a shield following which the various laws made by the Centre were not applicable to Jammu and Kashmir.

He echoed views expressed by party President Rajnath Singh, who earlier even told the 'Lalkar' rally that if Article 370 proved to be beneficial, his party would stand by the measure.

It is a departure from BJP's position seeking complete abrogation of the Article giving special status to J&K in the Union of India.

Click Here>>Complete Reading Courtesy: IBN Live.