Jammu: Slamming Narendra Modi over his demand for a debate on Article 370, PDP today said the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate lacks constitutional knowledge and his remarks can create fissures in Jammu and Kashmir.
PDP patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said Article 370 providing special status to Jammu and Kashmir has gained a permanent status after the constitutional assembly of the state approved it and can not be scrapped.
“Article 370 is permanent and can not be scrapped. Even Parliament is not constitutionally mandated to review or scrap it,” Sayeed said here.
“We express concern at the serious gaps in the constitutional knowledge (with regard to Article 370) of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate,” he said.
The PDP patron said that Modi's comments can create fissures within the state besides increasing trust deficit between the state and rest of the country.
“If Modi aspires for the top job of a country as diverse as India he will have to rise above prejudices, perceptions, propaganda and work for uniting people rather than dividing them,” he said.
