Jammu, 16 Dec: National Conference vice president and former J&K Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Thursday alleged that Centre was “not allowing hearings on Article 370” in the Supreme Court “due to fears that the August 5 decision was unconstitutional”.
Omar made the remarks while talking to the media on the sidelines of a party convention in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
“The Centre doesn’t want a hearing on Article 370 because they are very much frightened as they know the August 5, 2019 decision was unconstitutional and unlawful,” he said.
Omar further said that “defending Article 370 abrogation for the centre is impossible”.
“If their (Government of India’s) case had some weight then it would have ended a long time back,” Omar said.
He further alleged that the BJP “would want to form the majority in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly and then pass a resolution there legalising the revocation of Article 370”.
“Though it is tough for them to gather seats in Kashmir, I am not sure about Jammu, so that is why BJP has come up with proxy parties in Jammu and Kashmir,” he alleged without mentioning any particular party.
Article 370, he said “was the identity of Jammu and Kashmir rather than just being about land what BJP made it look like. We had our flag and constitution”.
