Arunachal: BJP accuses Congress of hypocrisy over Article 371(H), Siang project

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ITANAGAR: The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday accused the Opposition Congress of politicising sensitive issues such as Article 371(H) of the Constitution, the Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act (APFRA) 1978, and the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), claiming the opposition was trying to score political points.

The party maintained that all three measures were brought in or approved under earlier Congress regimes.

Addressing the media here, party spokesperson and Roing MLA Mutchu Mithi said that Article 371(H) was enacted in 1986 when the Congress was in power both in the state and at the Centre. Similarly, the APFRA was passed during a Congress government, and the SUMP was approved by the then Congress-led Union government in 2009.

“Congress has for years been raising issues without any factual base, only to gain political mileage. The party lost its way after being dethroned from power,” Mithi alleged.

The remarks came after APCC president Bosiram Siram recently met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi.

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