Nehru made 'blunders' on Kashmir, Modi corrected them: BJP

The BJP on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi corrected blunders of Jawaharlal Nehru related to Jammu and Kashmirs accession to India by nullifying Article 370 and demanded an apology from the CongressAddressing a press conference on the 75th anniversary of the regions accession BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia alleged that the first prime minister committed five blunders including delaying action on the accession proposal of the regions king Hari SinghJammu and Kashmir and the country in general had to pay a price for it while this allowed Pakistan to capture a part of the region Pakistanoccupied Kashmir he saidBhatia quoted from Nehrus statement to assert that the king had first mooted the idea in July 1947 but the then prime minister dithered and allegedly prioritised his and his friends interests a reference to Sheikh Abdullah while neglecting the countrysAlso read Congress demands white paper from Modi govt on plight of Kashmiri PanditsHitting out at the Congress he said If a timely action was taken then there would be no part of the state under Pakistans occupation The Congress since then spread lies and suppressed truth about the issueNehru then took an internal issue to the United Nations making Pakistan a party he addedThe BJP leader also denounced him for floating the idea of plebiscite claiming there was no provision for it in the Independence Act under which hundreds of princely states merged with IndiaSpecial provisions were also granted to Jammu and Kashmir now a union territory under Article 370 and the country had to pay a heavy price for it Bhatia saidClaiming that then home minister Vallabhbhai Patel was against measures pushed by Nehru he said if Jammu and Kashmir was merged with the country like other princely states then there would probably be no jihadi terrorismModi has corrected those blunders and his strong leadership is now showing the way to the world he saidBhatia also quoted Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhurys comments in Lok Sabha in 2019 during a debate on the resolution about Article 370 nullification to hit out at the opposition partyChowdhury had then noted that the Kashmir issue was in the United Nations as he questioned the governments stand that it was Indias internal issueThe Congress should apologise for its blunders Bhatia said while also targeting the party for the forced migration of Kashmiri Pandits from there following the outbreak of militancyThe Congress hit back at the BJP over the alleged exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmirs Shopian district and demanded that the Modi government release a white paper on the plight of the minority community during its eightyear ruleThe opposition party also hit out at the BJPled Centre over the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir and said the government must apologise for itAsked about Union Minister Kiren Rijijus article titled 75th Anniversary of Five Nehruvian Blunders on Kashmir Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said those leaders of the BJP who are students of WhatsApp nursery need to revisit their history classesIf all that they are saying is true how is it that during the Manmohan Singh era targeted killings stopped and 75 per cent of the people would participate in the democratic process of elections in the state We would be happy to get the answer to that he saidBJP leaders have no idea of contemporary history of the country Khera saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever