Gandhi would have launched Delhi-Srinagar yatra on Art 370 move: Digvijaya Singh

Digvijaya Singh on the eve of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi attacked the central government for scrapping Jammu and Kashmir's special status. He said that Babu would have announced a march from Delhi to Srinagar over the Centre's move on Article 370.

Indore (Madhya Pradesh):Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday attacked the government for scrapping Jammu and Kashmir's special status.

"Had Mahatma Gandhi been alive today, he would have announced a march from Delhi to Srinagar over the Centre's move on Article 370," said Congress veteran.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had 'finished' former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's doctrine on resolving the J&K issue which was based on the principles of 'Kashmiriyat' (legacy of Kashmir), 'jamhooriyat' (democracy) and 'insaniyat' (humanism).

"If Mahatma Gandhi would have been alive on the day Article 370 was voided, he would have announced a yatra from Red Fort in Delhi to Lal Chowk in Srinagar," he said.

The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister was speaking at a function organised here to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

The Rajya Sabha MP said that Vajpayee knew what holds key to solving the decades-old Kashmir issue.

On August 5, the Centre scrapped Jammu and Kashmir's special status granted under Article 370 of the Constitution and announced the reorganisation of the state into two Union Territories.

The Congress had opposed the Centre's move on Article 370 in Parliament, but several of its leaders supported the withdrawal of J&K's special status outside the House.