"His (Modi's) local unit (of BJP) has not informed him that in the State Assembly this law has been passed. And now women have equal rights and rights to property even if they marry someone outside the state... Their children will also get the rights," Congress minister Taj Mohideen said here.
Reacting to the BJP prime ministerial candidate's remarks on women's rights in the state and that it discriminates against them by snatching their rights after marriage outside the state, Mohideen said, "I was in the Assembly when the Bill (to provide these rights to women marrying outside the state) was passed and after that the law was formed."
On Modi's call for a debate on Article 370 of the Constitution, he said, "Congress has remained custodian of Article 370 and its guarantor. Until the state has relations with India, Congress' stand will remain the same."
"Why should there be a debate on Article 370... It is the media which is creating confusion... It is the bridge which is linking the state with the rest of the country and if you remove this bridge there is no way between the two sides," he said, adding that the Chief Minister should have reacted more vociferously to the remarks.
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Mir, who is also the Minister for Agriculture, said to make Article 370 a point of debate would create mistrust among the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the country.