Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the Congress party should be grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi because he had completed Jawaharlal Nehru’s unfinished task by abrogating Article 370.

“Nehru and the Congress party had accepted Article 370 of the constitution as temporary but allowed it to continue because over the years, the Congress and its allies like National Conference developed a vested interest in its continuance,”he said.

The Union Minister added that later, the continuance of terrorism and militancy also became a vested interest for these parties because it enabled them to get elected and form government with mere 10 percent or less voting and thus continue their dynasty rule, generation after generation .

According to a press release, in an exclusive interview at a media summit here Dr Jitendra Singh recalled that Article 370 was included in the Indian Constitution despite reservations from Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in the Constituent Assembly.