On Monday, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah's comment - that Jammu and Kashmir would one day have a separate Prime Minister and President - drew a furious response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who demanded during an election meeting that the Congress explain its ally's comment. The Congress is contesting the Lok Sabha polls for the seven seats of Jammu and Kashmir in alliance with the National Conference. While the party did not respond, the back and forth - with Mr Abdullah responding on Twitter - continued through the evening. Here it is to be noted  that without naming Mr Abdullah, the Prime Minister said, "He says we will take the clock back and replicate the situation before 1953 and there will be two Prime Ministers in India, Kashmir will have its separate PM".

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However, it is worth mention here that the Congress "must answer how its ally can say such a thing," the Prime Minister said at a rally in Hyderabad. Earlier in the day, at an election rally in south Kashmir's Bandipore, Mr Abdullah said those threatening to scrap Article 35A should know that Jammu and Kashmir would get back its posts of Prime Minister and "Sadr e Reyasat". Unlike other states, Jammu and Kashmir had negotiated the terms and conditions of its accession with Union of India - that it would have its own "identity and constitution". If Article 35 is tinkered with, India has to renegotiate the accession, he had said.

After the Prime Minister's comments, Mr Abdullah tweeted:

Dear friends in the Congress & other opposition parties. Please don’t hesitate to distance yourselves from my speech of today. In fact call Modi ji’s bluff by doing exactly that.

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 1, 2019

There was a footnote for the allies of National Conference as well.Mr Abdullah another tweet read "Dear friends in the Congress & other opposition parties. Please don't hesitate to distance yourselves from my speech of today. In fact call Modi ji's bluff by doing exactly that,". A legal challenge to the Constitution's Article 35A -- which gives Jammu and Kashmir its special status -- has become a matter of huge controversy. While the BJP wants the article scrapped, all key political parties in Kashmir Valley have rallied to preserve the article -- which gives special rights and privileges to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Most parties had boycotted the recent panchayat polls over the issue. In view of the situation in the valley ahead of the national elections, the Supreme Court, where the case is pending, has put off the hearing.

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