New Delhi: Still grappling with its leadership crisis, the Congress was on Tuesday split wide open over its stand in Parliament on the abrogation of Article 370. As the party hurriedly convened a meeting of the Congress Working Com-mittee to discuss this, many leaders, including Jyotiraditya Scindia and others such as Janardan Dwiwedi came out into the open backing the government over Article 370.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, however, accused the government of abusing its executive powers to “tear apart” J&K. He also alleged leaders of political parties in Kashmir were being held at secret locations, which was “unconstitutional and undemocratic”, and demanded their immediate release.
In Parliament, the Congress strongly opposed the the bill to bifurcate J&K into two Union territories and voted against it in both Houses. Differing with this view, Mr Scindia said he supported the move on J&K and Ladakh and the state’s full integration into the Union of India, adding that it was in the interests of the country.
