No PM can revoke Kashmir's special status, says Omar

January 29, 2014 16:28

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said no prime minister can revoke Article 370 of the Constitution granting special status to the state"without calling into question" its accession to India.

Dismissing a question on whether he was worried at the prospect of BJP's Narendra Modi becoming the prime minister, Omar said, "It does not matter whether he is the prime minister or the president or (holds) any other position. Constitutionally, he cannot revoke Article 370 without calling into question the accession of J&K to India. Now as the prime minister of India, if he wants to rewrite accession to India, he is welcome to it. But I do not think any PM would be as foolhardy as that," he said.

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