Art 370 abrogation a visionary step by Modi govt: Tarun Chugh

Srinagar, Aug 22: BJP National General Secretary and In-charge Jammu and Kashmir Tarun Chugh on Tuesday said that abrogation of Article 370 was a visionary step by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
Reacting sharply to a statement by CPI(M) leader MY Tarigami that Article 370 abrogation was an “assault on the foundations of India”, Chugh said that anybody taking any other viewpoint on this is playing in the hands of anti-national forces.
The abrogation has integrated J&K with the rest of the country and has opened new vistas of development and growth for the people, Chugh said.
Meanwhile, Tarun Chugh, observed that for the first time after the formation of Telangana, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) looked rattled.
“In the run-up to the announcement of 115 names on Monday, lofty statements have been made about major changes of MLAs, as most of them have been facing serious charges of corruption and inaccessibility to the constituency, however only seven changes were made in the final list,” the senior BJP leader said.
“People were baffled at the shamelessness of KCR and his party, as just a few days ago while presiding over a meeting of BRS MLAs, KCR warned them that he had information that at least 20 MLAs were taking 30 percent bribe in ‘Dalit Bandhu’ scheme,” he pointed out.
The list that KCR announced on Monday was just an attempt to serve rotten curry to the people, which they did not relish. “Neither the wine nor the bottle was new,” he said.
Alleging that the BRS Government had devised innovative ways of corruption, Tarun Chugh said that people were simmering with anger and would teach the party a befitting lesson.
The list also showed KCR’s opportunism, he said adding that in the Munugodu elections, KCR made friends with the CPI and the CPM for both the parties had some clout. “Six months down the line, KCR dumped them. This is the typical KCR way. He uses people for his benefit and dumps them once the job is done,” he said.
Tarun said a wave of anti-incumbency is sweeping across Telangana. “People were waiting to defeat BRS and bring in BJP and for a double-engine government to realise their time-tested aspirations,” he said.