Tarigami rejects Dhankar’s Article 370 claim, terms remark distortion of facts
Srinagar: Community Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) senior leader, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has contradicted the claims of Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar wherein he asserted that Dr B R Ambedkar refused to draft Article 370.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Tarigami termed the claim a blatant distortion of historical facts. Taking to micro-blogging site X , Tarigami said that Omar Abdullah claimed that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar refused to draft Art. 370 is a blatant distortion of historical facts. Nowhere in Ambedkar’s extensive writings, including his book Pakistan or the Partition of India, is there any mention of such a refusal”.
“Credit for drafting Art. 370 goes to Gopalaswami Ayyangar, who was part of 7 member drafting committee that formulated the Indian Constitution,” he said on X.
“Article 370 of the Constitution of India was introduced in the Constituent Assembly on October 17, 1949. It was adopted as Article 306A. Additionally, his claims about the FDI do not align with the ground reality,” Tarigami added on X. KMS-2K
