Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers and members of the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti took to Twitter to point out that they are not a “gang” and state that “irony died a million deaths since it is BJP itself that violates the Constitution day in and day out”, a little after Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the PAGD.
The Congress Party, on it’s part, reacted to the slew of aspersions cast by the Home Minister against them and say that they are not a part of the alliance. The party also informed that they will be fighting the District Development Council elections in a democratic way.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday, 17 November, attacked the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) – a conglomerate of mainstream Kashmir parties for the reversal of constitutional changes made in J&K on 5 August last year – and labelled it the "Gupkar Gang" that wants "foreign forces to intervene in Jammu and Kashmir" and insults India's Tricolour.
"Congress and the Gupkar Gang want to take J&K back to the era of terror and turmoil. They want to take away rights of Dalits, women and tribals that we have ensured by removing Article 370. This is why they're being rejected by the people everywhere," Shah said in one of his tweets, going on to question if Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi support the moves of the 'gang' and asking them to make their stand clear.