Actor and politician, Urmila Matondkar has been actively calling out Modi government’s move to scuttle Article 370 and the security crackdown in occupied Kashmir on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/UrmilaMatondkar/status/1165249059034021889
Speaking to the press recently, Urmila lashed out at the Government of India for their actions. The Congress politician revealed that her husband has been unable to get in touch with his Kashmiri parents.
“The question is not only about abrogating Article 370. It was done in an inhumane manner. My father-in-law and mother-in-law stay there. Both are diabetic, have high blood pressure. Today is the 22nd day, neither me nor my husband have been able to speak to them. We have no clue if they have medicines available at home,” she said.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party decided to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution.
The article allowed the state a certain amount of autonomy – its own constitution, a separate flag and freedom to make laws. Foreign affairs, defence and communications remained the preserve of the central government.
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