The Congress felt that the Maharashtra and Haryana governments had both performed badly but the Prime Minister was diverting the attention of voters to Kashmir. “What happens to the country is none of his concern; the Prime Minister is not interested in the people’s miseries,” senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal told a media conference. Modiji has forgotten even his constitutional duties because he remembers only Article 370. But will parroting Article 370 fill stomachs, provide jobs?”The Congress also contested home minister Amit Shah’s contention in Parliament and at election rallies that Article 370 had hampered Kashmir’s development for 70 years. Even the home minister, the other main campaigner for the ruling BJP in these states, had kept the focus on Article 370.

Source: The Telegraph October 19, 2019 19:52 UTC