"This report by the interlocutors, coming in the backdrop of overwhelming voter turnout in the panchayat polls rejecting the boycott calls of the separatists, is very unfortunate,'' said Vijay. As suggested by Padgaonkar, the interlocutors are likely to recommend a political solution that "upholds and fine-tunes the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution''.
"BJP demands the abrogation of Article 370 to remove the separate status privilege to J&K. We also demand the government to take steps for making the environment conducive for the Kashmiri Pandits to return to their roots. We also demand the implementation of the unanimous resolution passed by Parliament to take back areas of Kashmir under illegal occupation of Pakistan," he added.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BJP-slams-JK-interlocutors-for-addl-powers-plea/articleshow/8041797.cms
Suggestions to give more powers to J&K
unfortunate: BJP
Dehradun, Apr 20 (PTI) BJP today described as "very unfortunate" the reported suggestions made by central interlocutors that additional powers be given to Jammu and Kashmir. "It is very unfortunate that the interlocutors instead of suggesting steps for greater integration of Jammu & Kashmir with the rest of the country are making suggestions of giving additional powers to that state to assert its independent character," BJP's national spokesperson Tarun Vijay told reporters here. In this regard, he said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have repeatedly demonstrated that they stand for closer links with rest of the country by rejecting the poll boycott calls by separatists. "This report by the interlocutors, coming in the backdrop of overwhelming voter turnout in the panchayat polls is very unfortunate," Vijay, also a Rajya Sabha MP, said. The interlocutors favour a political solution that "upholds and fine-tunes the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 (of the Constitution), which means giving additional powers to the state so it can assert its independent character," a newspaper report quoted Dileep Padgaonkar, who heads the three-member team of interlocutors, as saying. The BJP leader said the party stands for establishing deeper linkages between J&K and rest of the country. Vijay alleged that successive governments in J&K had followed the policy of separate status for the state which fuelled the movement of separatism. He said the party demanded the abrogation of Article 370 and asserted the centre should take steps for restoring a conducive environment for return of Kashmiri Pandits.
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/suggestions-to-give-more-powers-to-jk-unfortunate-bjp/655045.html
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