Modi can't remove 370, 35A despite huge victory: Farooq Abdullah

May 25, 2019 09:51

National Conference President Farooq Abdullah said that no matter how powerful the electoral mandate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi might have been, he cannot remove Article 370 and 35A.

He said: "No matter how powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become after winning the Lok Sabha elections, he cannot remove Article 35A and Article 370 from the state of Jammu and Kashmir."

Commenting on the abysmally bad performance of the Congress in the general elections, Abdullah said Congress president Rahul Gandhi will win the Amethi seat after five years and stage a come back.

"In elections, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. It is part of the game," he said.

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