New Delhi: Dr Karan Singh, elder statesman and MP, said he has been distressed by the controversy over Article 370 that needs extremely careful handling.
J & K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reacted emotionally to Jitendra Singh’s statement that there is a need for a “rethink” of Article 370. RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav immediately joined issues with Abdullah saying Kashmir is not his ancestral property.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Dr Karan Singh said, “The whole question is extremely sensitive and must be handled coolly and in a mature fashion. The sort of statements issued from both sides will only create further turmoil and tension in the Jammu & Kashmir state.”Â
Singh, whose father Maharaj Hari Singh agreed to accede to India by signing the Instrument of Accession in October 1947 said his father had taken the decision under “unusual circumstances” and said any “steam-roller approach would only increase tensions instead of quelling things.Â