Rahul Gandhi Snubs Question On Article 370, Says 'Don't Disturb Me'

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday called a press conference to discuss the flood situation in various parts of the country

New Delhi: Congress party has maintained diverse stance on scrapping of Article 370, with some leaders showing support and some calling it “murder of democracy”. Though party’s former President Rahul Gandhi has maintained quiet on the issue so far. Gandhi on Thursday called a press briefing, but didn’t discuss anything on the issue. On being continuously questioned by the scribes on Article 370, Gandhi said “Don’t disturb me”.   Earlier on August 6, Gandhi had tweeted on the issue and had slammed the arrest of former Chief Ministers of the state –Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah. Party leader Rahul Gandhi had taken to his social media and had said “Kashmir’s mainstream political leaders have been jailed at secret locations. This is unconstitutional & undemocratic. It’s also short sighted and foolish because it will allow terrorists to fill the leadership vaccum created by GOI. The imprisoned leaders must be released”. “National integration isn’t furthered by unilaterally tearing apart J&K, imprisoning elected representatives and violating our Constitution. This nation is made by its people, not plots of land. This abuse of executive power has grave implications for our national security” he added. What did Rahul talk about in the press conference? Gandhi expressed worry over the flooding of various places in the country. He also urged his party leaders to help flood-ridden people. He also said that he would speak to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the flood situation in parliamentary constituency Wayanad. He said, “I am worried about Wayanad and I have spoken to the Chief Minister and I wanted to visit there but, DM said the situation there isn’t good enough to go.”