Madhya Pradesh CM Criticizes Congress-NC Alliance in J&K, Cites Anarchy Concerns

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav criticized the Congress Party's alliance with National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir's upcoming Assembly elections, accusing them of wanting to create anarchy and revive controversial provisions like Article 370 and 35A. He challenged Congress to clarify its stance on various national and regional issues.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday took a swipe at the Congress party for forming an alliance with the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the upcoming Assembly elections, alleging that the partnership aims to create anarchy in the country. The Congress party and NC declared a tie-up for all 90 assembly seats in the region on Thursday, announcing that they had reached a consensus on most constituencies.

Reacting to the alliance, CM Yadav questioned, "This alliance signifies whether Congress supports the promise of a separate flag as per the manifesto of National Conference? Does Congress want to bring back Article 370 and 35A in Kashmir? It is very unfortunate to say that Congress wants to create anarchy in the country by associating with the National Conference just for vote bank. They want to talk to Pakistan again." Yadav emphasized that Congress should remember the turmoil that resulted in over 40,000 deaths in Kashmir. "Kashmir has reached a new phase of development today, it wants to walk hand in hand with the whole country, but Congress wants to end the reservation of Dalits, Gujjars, Bakarwals, and Paharis only because of vote bank politics," he added.

He further posed, "Does Congress want 'Shankaracharya Parvat' to be known as 'Takht-e-Sulaiman' and 'Hari Parvat' as 'Koh-i-Maran'? Does Congress want to put Baba Amarnath Yatra in trouble again? Because these were the reasons due to which unrest continued in Kashmir. I hope that Congress should answer these things." Yadav also alleged that Congress had kept Jammu and Kashmir isolated for a long time, with significant involvement from the National Conference.

In the changing times of Kashmir today, CM Yadav accused Congress of joining forces with anarchist elements again and insisted that Rahul Gandhi provide an explanation. "I hope that parties may have their limits in electoral politics but Congress should think about national issues. Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge should give it a second thought about standing with the National Conference. The public wants to know," he concluded. (ANI)

(With inputs from agencies.)