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This is an archive article published on September 8, 2008

145;BJP will scrap Article 370 in J038;K if voted to power146;

In charge of Punjab BJP affairs Balbir Punj today said if voted to power, the party would scrap Article 370.

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In charge of Punjab BJP affairs Balbir Punj today said if voted to power, the party would scrap Article 370.

He said they would also ask the Centre to clarify its stand on the statement given by Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan about according citizenship to Bangladeshis.

8220;Hindu families that migrated from Pakistan some 60 years ago and are living in Jammu and Kashmir have not yet been granted citizenship,8221; he said. Punj said though the UPA government has won the vote of confidence, it lacks courage to face the Lok Sabha elections and these were likely to be postponed. Admitting to differences between the SAD and the BJP, Punj, however, said, 8220;We are two different parties with different ideologies and styles of functioning.8221;

8220;Out of the 13 LS seats, BJP will contest on three and SAD on 10,8221; he said.

 

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