By News Agency of Kashmir
Jammu: In a virtual setback to Azad’s family in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, real brother of Ghulam Nabi Azad former chief minister and general secretary All India Congress Committee (AICC), Ghulam Ali Azad today said that the demand of abolition of Article 370 and construction of Ram temple at the dispute site of Babri Masjid was the just and genuine demands of the Bharitya Janta Party (BJP).
Ghulam Ali Azad and three others had joined BJP at New Delhi, few days back, in presence of BJP National General Secretary.
Talking to the media persons, here today, Ali said that he fully endorsed the vision of Bhartiya Janta Party and the party’s stand on Article 370 and Ram temple issue.
“I do not foresee any harm if the Article 370 is abolished and people and industrialists from outside the state are allowed in the state like other parts of the country”, he added.
On the issue of Ram temple, he was of the opinion that Babri Masjid never existed and it was the Babar who erected the structrure after demolishing a temple. “Islam does not permit to offer prayers at a disputed site and as such Muslims should allow construction of Ram Temple on the disputed site by mutual consent”, he added.
Babur, Ali Azad said, was an “invader and “We cannot glorify him as a leader of Muslims in any sense of the word.”
Azad claimed that the ideology and vision of BJP was the guiding force for him to join the party unconditionally.
Azad was welcomed by the state BJP president Ashok Khajuria, Vice-president Dr Nirmal and other senior leaders in the party fold.
Azad was welcomed at party headquarters by BJP State President Ashok Khajuria, State Vice-President Dr. Nirmal Kamal, Spokesperson Ramesh Arora, senior leader Lalit Moza and other senior functionaries of the party.
Besides, Ghulam Ali Azad, Retired District & Sessions Judge K.K. Proach, Congress activist from Bhaderwah Raju Sharma and a prominent social figure from Bishnah were also welcomed on the occasion.