Karnataka Congress Chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Article 370: This misadventure is going to have serious consequence

Karnataka Congress Chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Article 370: This misadventure is going to have serious consequence

"It is a move that is going to be very harmful to the future of the country and for the unity of this country.

ANIUpdated: Tuesday, August 06, 2019, 10:52 AM IST
article-image

Bengaluru: Hitting out at BJP-led government over abrogation of Article 370, Karnataka Congress Chief Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday said that this "misadventure" is going to have serious consequences while adding that the move was taken to divert attention of the people from real issues.

"It is a move that is going to be very harmful to the future of the country and for the unity of this country. It is going to have a huge impact on the entire country, not only Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP Government is playing with fire," Rao told reporters here in a press conference.

"When you do something which is against the will of people, serious consequences will follow. This misadventure is going to have serious consequences. This move was to divert attention from real issues that the country is facing," he said.

The Congress leader said that the government's decision will lead to further erosion of our constitutional values and our rights under the constitution. "This naked display of state power and state machinery will have disastrous consequences for the country," he added.

The central government had revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and proposed that the state be bifurcated into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

The Jammu & Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill, 2019, which strips Jammu and Kashmir's status of a state and converts it into a Union Territory with legislature and carving out Ladakh region as a UT without legislature, was passed in a division pressed by the opposition with 125 votes in favour and 61 against, and an NCP member abstained.

RECENT STORIES

BRICS Summit: PM Modi Urges Unity On Critical Minerals, Warns Against Resource Weaponization

BRICS Summit: PM Modi Urges Unity On Critical Minerals, Warns Against Resource Weaponization

Delhi: Bouncers Of 5-Star Hotel's Nightclub Beat Up Man, Woman After Dispute Over Condition Of...

Delhi: Bouncers Of 5-Star Hotel's Nightclub Beat Up Man, Woman After Dispute Over Condition Of...

Karnataka Horror: Woman Beaten To Death In 'Exorcism Ritual' By Son & Self-Styled Healers; Accused...

Karnataka Horror: Woman Beaten To Death In 'Exorcism Ritual' By Son & Self-Styled Healers; Accused...

Mumbai News: MNS Leader Avinash Jadhav Detained Ahead Of Mira-Bhayandar Rally To Counter Traders’...

Mumbai News: MNS Leader Avinash Jadhav Detained Ahead Of Mira-Bhayandar Rally To Counter Traders’...

Tamil Nadu: 2 Students Dead, Several Others Injured After School Van Crossing Railway Tracks Hit By...

Tamil Nadu: 2 Students Dead, Several Others Injured After School Van Crossing Railway Tracks Hit By...