Congress GenNext leaders and former MPs Jyotiraditya Scindia and Deepender Hooda gave their full-throated backing to the Narendra Modi government’s decision to turn Article 370 into a dead letter, at sharp variance with party leader Rahul Gandhi who strongly criticised the move.
The cracks in Congress, already under strain over recent defections and a power vacuum following Rahul’s decision to quit as party chief, widened, with Scindia and Hooda — seen to be close to the Gandhi scion — differing over as crucial an issue as Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir.
Congress GenNext leaders and former MPs Jyotiraditya Scindia and Deepender Hooda gave their full-throated backing to the Narendra Modi government’s decision to turn Article 370 into a dead letter, at sharp variance with party leader Rahul Gandhi who strongly criticised the move.
The cracks in Congress, already under strain over recent defections and a power vacuum following Rahul’s decision to quit as party chief, widened, with Scindia and Hooda — seen to be close to the Gandhi scion — differing over as crucial an issue as Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir.