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Mehbooba Mufti hits back, says she supports Article 370

Mehbooba Mufti hits back, says she supports Article 370
‘I support Article 370. I’m a dimagi Naxal’: Mehbooba Mufti hits back at Kiren Rijiju · wionews.com

A big leader in India named Narendra Modi gave a speech on Independence Day.

In the speech, he talked about people he called 'dimagi Naxals', which means 'mental Naxals'.

Naxals are a group that uses violence, but Modi said these people are a different kind of threat.

Some other leaders thought Modi was calling his opponents bad names.

A minister named Kiren Rijiju said Modi was not talking about his opponents.

He said Modi meant people who support Maoists, separatists, and Article 370.

Article 370 was a special rule for a place called Jammu and Kashmir.

A leader named Mehbooba Mufti said she supports Article 370.

She said she is happy to be called a 'dimagi Naxal'.

Another leader named P. Chidambaram said he is proud to be called that too.

Many people are arguing about what the words really mean.

Key facts

Speaker of original remark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Term in dispute
'Dimagi Naxal'
Speech date and venue
August 15, Independence Day address from the Red Fort
Clarification made by
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju
Article 370 status
Abrogated by the Centre in August 2019
Mufti's party
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Opposition response
P. Chidambaram said he was 'proud' to be called a 'dimagi Naxal'

Quotes

Mehbooba Mu Mufti

PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister

“I support Article 370. I’m a ‘dimagi Naxal.””
wionews.com

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