Mehbooba met the Prime Minister amid reports that she was seeking help against attempts to alter constitutional provisions.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given “100 per cent” assurance that he would back the PDP-BJP government’s ‘Agenda of Alliance’, which says that the status of Article 370 can’t be “fiddled with”, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday.
However, she refused to give a direct reply on whether the Prime Minister had given an assurance on safeguarding the constitutional status quo for the state.
Ms Mehbooba met the Prime Minister amid reports that she was seeking help against attempts to alter constitutional provisions that give Jammu and Kashmir its special status.
The very basis of the Agenda of Alliance in the state was that no one would try and alter Article 370, Mehbooba told reporters after the meeting.
“Our Agenda of Alliance was based on a foundation that the status of Article 370 can’t be altered or fiddled with... so none of us (PDP-BJP) can go against that,” Ms Mehbooba said in response to repeated questions on whether she had got an assurance from Modi on supporting the state government on Articles 35A and 370.
Pressed further on the issue, she said, “The Prime Minister has given 100 per cent assurance for the Agenda of Alliance.” She also said that Modi had given a “very positive” response to the issues raised in the meeting.
