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No violence, stone pelting, Pakistan flag since scrapping Article 370: J&K BJP leader
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No violence, stone pelting, Pakistan flag since scrapping Article 370: J&K BJP leader

On the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kashmir unit unfurled the national flag at the party office and accused those protesting the constitutional changes of being sympathizers of the ISIS.“We are celebrating the completion of one year of abrogation of Article 370 (provisions) and the positive changes that it brought in Jammu and Kashmir,” BJP leader Altaf Thakur told reporters at the party office in Jawahar Nagar.Thakur said the abrogation of Article 370 provisions of the Constitution, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, had brought about many positive changes and put an end to stone pelting in Kashmir.“There used to be stone pelting during encounters that has stopped. There used to be ISIS flag, Pakistani flag…that has st