'Who in Congress said Article 370 will be restored? Amit Shah spreading lies'

All India Congress Committee AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday contested Union Home Minister Amit Shahs assertion that his party intends to reinstate Article 370 in Jammu amp Kashmir and pointed out the contentious provision was repealed by ParliamentAccording to news agency PTI Kharge accused the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP of keeping the Article 370 issue alive merely to create divisions in societyAddressing a press conference in Pune Kharge accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of abusing the Congress and its senior leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul GandhiAmit Shah in his poll rallies accuses the Congress of spreading lies But He himself is saying the Congress wants to bring back Article 370 in JampK Tell me who said that and when You are raking up an issue If it resolution to repeal Article 370 had been already passed in Parliament why are you raking it up again It means you want to keep the issue alive to divide If you want to say this go to Kashmir and say it Elections are over in Kashmir Kharge slammed the BJPArticle 370 of the Constitution which provided special status to Jammu amp Kashmir was nullified by the BJPled central government in August 2019The Congress is aligned with the National Conference which heads the government in Jammu and Kashmir Last week the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly passed a resolution asking the Centre to hold talks with elected representatives for restoration of the erstwhile states special statusCongress wants to keep country united ready to make any sacrifice for itReferring to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths statements the Congress President said One of the BJP leaders is saying batenge toh katenge we will perish if we are divided Why give such a slogan The country is united The Congress worked to keep the country united Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi sacrificed their lives for preserving the countrys unity Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated The Congress did this sacrifices but you neither fought for the countrys unity nor its independence or the poor Kharge hit out at the BJPAccording to PTI he also pointed out that it was the Congress which made provision for reservation in the Constitution as first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar worked to approve the quota for Scheduled Castes SCsScheduled Tribes STs in jobs and educationBut they BJP are still raking up the reservation issue Kharge remarked further claiming that the BJP is pitting the countrys towering political figures such as Nehru Ambedkar Vallabhbhai Patel and Subhas Chandra Bose against each otherThey BJP now say Babasaheb wanted to do this but Jawaharlal Nehru did this Vallabhbahi Patel said this and Bose said that When they were alive you were against the Constitution You did not even keep the Indian flag in your office You were not ready to accept the Ashok Chakra and you wanted to have a Constitution on the basis of Manu and now you remember the Constitution said KhargeThe AICC president asserted that the Congress wants to keep the country united and was ready to make any sacrifice for itHe also claimed that only 5 per cent of people in the country hold 62 per cent wealth while 50 per cent of the population has only 3 per cent wealthInstead of reducing this disparity Modiji is encouraging his friends by selling public sector units The maximum drug supply is taking place at the port given to Adani In October 400 kg cocaine was seized In February 4000 kg charas was seized Illegal things are being brought in which are destroying youths in Pune Bengaluru Punjab Kharge averredAsked how the Congress and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA will mobilise finances to fund populist schemes promised in their manifestos if they come to power in Maharashtra he remarked Give us power we will give you a budget We work as per the budget We do not believe in khoke boxes of money but doke brain We have brains and they have khokeKharge also claimed that the Congress governments have successfully implemented prepolls guarantees in Himachal Pradesh Telangana and KarnatakaWith PTI inputs