Opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reacted sharply to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks that constitutional amendments on Kashmir were needed, saying any move to tamper with Article 370 would be fraught with “dangerous consequences.”
Mr. Bhagwat, in his more than an hour-long address on Vijayadashmi in Nagpur on Saturday, had said “necessary” constitutional amendments will have to be made for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to be “completely assimilated” with the rest of the country.
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), in a statement, said, “Bhagwat’s remarks about the need for constitutional amendments...are unfortunate and unacceptable.”
National Conference State spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu said J&K’s special status was the only constitutional bridge that connected the State to the rest of the country.
The RSS chief “should stop misleading the people,” he said.
