On the forth anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 and 35A, former Minister P Chidambaram launched a scathing attack on the government, criticising their claim that the abrogation of Article 370 brought peace to Jammu Kashmir.
The Senior Congress leader alleged that while freedom is suppressed all over India, it is most severely suppressed in Jammu Kashmir.
The government had hailed the decision as a historic move that ushered in peace and development in Jammu Kashmir.
Chidambaram took to Twitter to express his doubts and quoted American President John F. Kennedy’s caution against celebrating a “peace of the grave and the silence of the slave,” questioning the government’s narrative of peace in the region.
“The Government and the LG of Jammu & Kashmir celebrate the “peace” that has descended on the State (now UT) after the abrogation of Article 370. I wish to quote President Kennedy who warned against the “peace of the grave and the silence of the slave”,” Chidambaram wrote on Twitter.
“If there is so much peace in J&K, why has the government put Ms Mehbooba Mufti under house arrest and sealed the offices of the PDP and NC? Freedom is suppressed all over India but it is most severely suppressed in J-K,” wrote the former Minister.