Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has been among the most vocal voices in the party againstabrogation of Article 370, spoke out against the decision, once again, on Monday.Speaking to news agency, Azad, who is a former Chief Minister of the Jammu and Kashmir, said that the Modi government had taken a‘wrong’ decision. He further said that the decision is wrong as nobody in the Valley is happy and as such, the decision should be reversed.
He further called for the release of various political leaders, who have been put under house arrest, to restore normalcy in theformer state which is now a union territory (UT) after being split into two separateUTs of J&K and Ladakh.
On August 8, three days after the announcement of the move,Azad, along with Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Gulam Ahmed Mir, was stoppedat Srinagar Airport while trying to enter the city to take stock of thesituation there. Within hours, he was sent back to the national capital.The same day, he had also taken a swipe at National SecurityAdvisor Ajit Doval, saying that the NSA could have ‘paid’ off Kashmiri locals.This was in response to a series of videos which emerged on August 7 and inwhich Doval is seen interacting and eating with locals in Shopian.
Previously, Azad has said that as long as he is outside and‘not behind bars’, he will continue to speak on behalf of the Kashmiris. He hasalso called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJPto ‘apologise’ to everyone in the Valley as they have finished Jammu and Kashmir.
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