Farooq Abdullah's comment on restoration of Article 370 with China's help is anti-national: BJP's Sambit Patra

"You can oppose and say anything against the leaders and parties, but why do you oppose India?" asked BJP's Sambit Patra.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) National Spokesperson Sambit Patra on Monday (October 12, 2020) has hit out at National Conference's President Farooq Abdullah for his comments on the restoration of the Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir with China's help. 

Patra said, "Questioning the sovereignty of the country, questioning the independence of the country. Does it suit an MP? Aren't these anti-national things?"

देश की संप्रभुता पर प्रश्न उठाना, देश की स्वतंत्रता पर प्रश्नचिन्ह लगाना क्या एक सांसद को शोभा देता है?

क्या ये देश विरोधी बातें नहीं हैं?

- डॉ @sambitswaraj pic.twitter.com/VZAzBsy81a — BJP (@BJP4India) October 12, 2020

Patra was referring to an interview of former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah where he had hoped that Article 370 will be restored in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir with China's help.

The BJP spokesperson said that this is not the first time Abdullah has spoken such a thing.

Patra said, "Earlier, Farooq Abdullah said that if you go to Jammu and Kashmir and ask people if they are Indians, then people will say that we are not Indians. In the same statement, he also said that it would be good if we could join China."

"According to him, the reason for China's aggression is the abrogation of Article 370," opined Patra.

He added that Abdullah is the same person who had said if Jammu and Kashmir belongs to India.

इन्हीं फारूक अब्दुल्ला ने भारत के लिए कहा था कि PoK क्या तुम्हारे बाप का है, जो तुम PoK ले लोगे, क्या पाकिस्तान ने चूड़ियां पहनी हैं: डॉ @sambitswaraj — BJP (@BJP4India) October 12, 2020

"The kind of softness for Pakistan and China and the kind of shamelessness for India, these things raise a lot of questions," said Patra.

पाकिस्तान और चीन को लेकर जिस प्रकार की नरमी और भारत को लेकर जिस प्रकार की बेशर्मी इनके मन में है, ये बातें अपने आप में बहुत सारे प्रश्न खड़े करती हैं: डॉ @sambitswaraj — BJP (@BJP4India) October 12, 2020

He also attacked Congress senior leader Rahul Gandhi and said that Farooq Abdullah is not the only person to say such things.

"If you go into history and listen to the recent statements of Rahul Gandhi, you will find that these are two sides of the same coin," said Patra.

केवल फारूक अब्दुल्ला ऐसा कहते हैं ऐसा नहीं है, अगर आप इतिहास में जाएंगे और राहुल गांधी जी के हाल फिलहाल के बयानों को सुनेंगे तो आप पाएंगे कि ये एक ही सिक्के के दो पहलू हैं: डॉ @sambitswaraj pic.twitter.com/xv6YYbMPdh — BJP (@BJP4India) October 12, 2020

"Rahul Gandhi became a hero in Pakistan by questioning surgical strikes and airstrikes. Today Farooq Abdullah has become a hero in China," alleged Patra.

सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक और एयर स्ट्राइक पर सवाल उठाकर राहुल गांधी पाकिस्तान में हीरो बनें थे।

आज फारूक अब्दुल्ला चीन में हीरो बने हैं।

- डॉ @sambitswaraj pic.twitter.com/ghRsTjYFb9 — BJP (@BJP4India) October 12, 2020

"You can oppose and say anything against the leaders and parties, but why do you oppose India?" asked Patra.

Recently, Abdullah had also said that the political uncertainty and rising unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir is a direct consequence of the abrogation of Article 370. 

Notably, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 5, 2019, had announced the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A in Parliament, which resulted in the bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories.