10/02/2026
AIP Says Sunil Sharma’s Statement Exposes NC’s Role in Abrogation of Article 370
Srinagar, Feb 10: Reacting to the recent statement of BJP leader and Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma, AIP Chief Spokesperson Inam Un Nabi said that the admission clearly exposes the National Conference’s complicity in the abrogation of Article 370 and vindicates what AIP has been consistently telling the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Inam Un Nabi said Sunil Sharma’s confession that the NC helped the BJP during the process leading to the abrogation of Article 370 fully endorses the long-standing claim of AIP Party Supremo and MP Baramulla Engineer Rashid. He recalled that Engineer Rashid had categorically informed the people of Jammu and Kashmir about a meeting between top NC leadership and BJP leaders a few days before August 5, 2019, warning that a major political betrayal was imminent.
“Today, what was dismissed as propaganda has been admitted by the BJP’s own leader. This is not an allegation from AIP anymore, it is a confession,” Inam Un Nabi said. He added that the NC cannot escape political responsibility by issuing denials when facts are now coming from across the aisle.
The AIP spokesperson said the people of Jammu and Kashmir were deliberately misled and kept in the dark. “While NC leaders were publicly posturing as defenders of Article 370, they were privately facilitating its dismantling. This duplicity stands fully exposed,” he said.
Inam Un Nabi said Engineer Rashid had shown political courage by warning people before August 5, 2019, even at great personal cost. “History is now catching up. The truth that Engineer Rashid spoke is being confirmed piece by piece,” he added.
He said AIP demands that the NC leadership come clean before the people of Jammu and Kashmir and explain their role in events that led to the unilateral abrogation of Article 370. “The people deserve accountability, not selective amnesia,” Inam Un Nabi said.
