The Opposition on Sunday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should understand that Assembly elections have been announced in Maharashtra and not in Jammu & Kashmir.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with the BJP leaders are harping about the Kashmir issue. Shah came to Mumbai to give a lecture about the decision on withdrawal of Article 370. The leaders of BJP need to be reminded that the elections are for Maharashtra and not for Kashmir. Amit Shah should go to Kashmir if he wants to talk about Article 370,” said Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant.
“Maharashtra’s debts have doubled in the last five years. Farmer suicides have tripled. The number of small and medium enterprises that closed down in the State has quadrupled. Unemployment has increased ten-fold. Corruption has increased by a hundred-fold. The lies of this government have increased a thousand times. BJP leaders should talk about this,” said Mr. Sawant.
Mumbai unit president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Nawab Maik, said that the issue of Article 370 has been raised to hide BJP’s failure as a ruling party in Maharashtra. “If Prime Minister Modi gave Kashmir to India, then BJP should explain where were they running the government with Mehbooba Mufti? Amit Shah says not even a single bullet has been fired in Kashmir, but he does not tell us that the area is under curfew,” said Mr. Malik.
The NCP leader said that the absolute failure of the BJP to address requirements of citizens of Maharashtra and key issues such as unemployment, farmer suicides and failure in flood management has resulted in the BJP focusing its campaign on Article 370. “This is nothing but an attempt to hide failures,” he said.
