CPI district secretary B. Venkataramana described the abolition of Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, as a ‘retrograde’ measure.
Addressing participants at a protest organised by the party at Gandhi Statue near GVMC on August 6, Mr. Venkataramana said that “the BJP government has made a mockery of the federal spirit of the Constitution by splitting Jammu and Kashmir”.
Mr. Venkataramana said it was unfortunate that President Ram Nath Kovind had given his approval to the resolution ‘in a hurry’ to split the State into two Union Territories. He felt that such decision could complicate the problem further.
CPI city secretary M. Pydiraju alleged that Article 370 was abolished on the direction of the RSS in tune with the promise made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public meeting before the elections.