"Does Congress Support...": Amit Shah's 10-Point Attack Over J&K Election

On Thursday, after a meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar, the two leaders said the broad strokes of a deal - for all 90 seats - had been agreed.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday fired 10 questions at the Congress after the party said it had all but agreed an alliance with the National Conference for next month's Jammu and Kashmir election. The Congress party, which has repeatedly risked the nation's unity and security to satiate its greed for power, has once again exposed its ulterior motives by allying with the Abdullah family's 'National Conference' in the Jammu and Kashmir elections.Given the promises made in… pic.twitter.com/omxj3xOdP3

In a post on X Mr Shah raged that the Congress - which "played with the unity and security of the country in its greed for power" in the past - had "once again put itself before the country". He also questioned the Congress over promises made by the National Conference in its manifesto, including a promise to encourage dialogue between with Pakistan and restoration of the J&K flag.

Of course, the red flag, as far as the BJP was concerned, was the National Conference saying it would "strive to restore 370 - 35A (referring to Article 370 and Article 35A, which guaranteed special status to J&K and special rights to 'permanent residents' of J&K) and statehood as prior to August 2019".