Article 370 Scrapped: Cong's Sachin Pilot says 'no justification for arresting ex-CMs’, adds, state's representatives needed to be involved

On Tuesday, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved resolution to revoke Article 370 in Lok Sabha, Congress leer and Rajasthan Deputy CM Sachin Pilot spoke about issue toeing party's line on Jammu and Kashmir.

Pilot said that for India to be a 'progressive, vibrant democracy' all parties and local representatives need to be involved in Jammu and Kashmir. He ded that re was justification for arresting former CMs and treating m akin to separatists.

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Congress and Rahul Gandhi have been panned by many for taking a line similar to Pakistan.

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Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi reacted on development and said that this move will have major implications on national security. As he took line similar to that of Pakistan, netizens called him out. 

Congress also followed Pakistan's argument on Tuesday and asked in Parliament how is Kashmir an internal issue and also said that Kashmir is monitored by United Nations. Speaking in lower house of Parliament, hir Ranjan Chowdhury, speaker of Opposition claimed that Centre has broken laws and has proposed to change a state into Union territory in one night. Chowdhury n went on to ask wher Kashmir was an internal issue. "You say Kashmir is an internal matter but United Nations is monitoring re since 1948. So how is it an internal matter? re was Shimla Pact and n re was Lahore declaration, n how is it an internal matter? Jaishankar said to Pompeo that it is a bilateral issue, how is it an internal issue?"

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