Archive · 17 Aug 2026

Mehbooba Mufti hits back, says she supports Article 370

Mehbooba Mufti hits back, says she supports Article 370

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.

Sources