Sanjay Raut supports call for special Parliament session

Shiv Sena UBT leader and MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday supported the demand for a special session of Parliament during the INDIA alliance meeting stating that his party had already signed the draft proposal supporting the move reported news agency ANISpeaking to ANI Raut said I was told that we are meeting today in the Constitution Club regarding a draft on the Special Session of the Parliament Our party has already signed the draft If the Opposition parties demand that a special session should be held then it should be doneThe meeting will be held today at the Constitution Club in New Delhi The meeting of opposition leaders under the INDIA alliance aimed to build consensus on demanding a special parliamentary session on major national issuesMeanwhile reacting to Congress leader Salman Khurshids controversial remark regarding Article 370 he said You go abroad as a representative of the country not of any party No one can set the standard of patriotism on opposing or supporting Article 370Earlier on Friday BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also responded to Congress leader Salman Khurshids comments on Article 370 acknowledging that the former External Affairs Minister had admitted the provision was a blunderPoonawalla highlighted the positive changes in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 citing increased prosperity and peoples voices being heardSpeaking to ANI Poonawala said Salman Khurshid is a senior Congress leader and has been External Affairs Minister previously and today he also accepts how PakistanParasti Pattharbazi and Problem of Pakistan was increasing Now that Article 370 has been removed there is Prosperity and Peoples voice is audible Article 370 was a blunder of the then governments and especially Nehru this is accepted by Salman Khurshid himself But even today some Congress leaders back the Article 370Khurshid had earlier defended Congresss stand on Article 370 He said that Article 370 had created a feeling that Jammu and Kashmir was separate from the rest of IndiaWhile addressing Indonesian think tanks and academics in Jakarta Indonesia Khurshid stated Kashmir had a major problem for a long time Much of that was reflected in the thinking of the government in an article called 370 of the Constitution But Article 370 was abrogated and it was finally put to an endAlso earlier today allparty delegation member Salman Khurshid said that PakistanOccupied Kashmir must be given back to IndiaKhurshid in conversation with ANI said that India has clearly stated that talks including talks on the Indus Water Treaty can happen only when Pakistans commitment to peace is clearThere is a long standing unanimous resolution of parliament of India saying that the Pakistan occupied Kashmir must be revacated and given back to India and as you know that even in the assembly of Jammu and Kashmir the seats that should have been in that area are kept vacant just for this reason that we have we have a long term commitment that the area is to come back to us Thats one important factor he saidKhurshid further said that Pakistan negated attempts at making peace as it continued to attack India over the yearsThe second is that the government has reiterated this because you know often questions are asked about whether you will talk or not etc We have expressed our distress that repeated attempts to speak and negotiate have been betrayed by Pakistan by a subsequent attack and several attacks that happened over the years he saidKhurshid is part of an allparty delegation led by JDU MP Sanjay Kumar Jha The delegation includes Aparajita Sarangi BJP TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee Brij Lala BJP John Brittas CPIM Pradan Baruah BJP Hemang Joshi BJP Salman Khurshid and Mohan KumarThe delegation is visiting many countries as part of Indias global outreach against Pakistansponsored terrorism The delegation has visited Japan South Korea and Singapore so farWith inputs from ANI