BJP national president JP Nadda on Saturday, February 22 said that the Congress party had several opportunities to abrogate Article 370,which conferred special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, but added that it didn't dare to do it. Congress and BJP have been in a constant war of words since the central government revoked the special status of J&Kin August 5, 2019. Addressing a public rally in Patna, the BJP national president said

Nadda added that it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Central government that came to power with 303 MPs in May and abrogated Article 370 in August. The erstwhile state was also bifurcated into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

"Our party is based on ideology, ideas, and organisation. There are around 2,500 political parties in the country.Fifty-nine of these parties have received recognition from the election commission on the state level and there are seven national parties. However,most of these parties are based on nepotism," he added.