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Pro-Pak Slogan Row: NC Leader Mohd Akbar Lone Files Affidavit In Supreme Court

National Conference leader Mohd Akbar Lone on Tuesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, stated that “he reiterates the oath taken while being sworn in as an MP to uphold and preserve the provisions of the Constitution of India and for protecting territorial integrity of the country.”

Previously, on Monday, the apex court directed Lone to file an affidavit swearing allegiance to the Constitution of India and accepting the country’s sovereignty unconditionally, after the ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogan that he allegedly raised in the Jammu & Kashmir assembly in 2018 kicked up a massive row during the constitution bench hearing on abrogation of Article 370.

At the far end of the proceedings, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Lone, submitted the affidavit to the 5-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, which said he will examine it.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, objected to the content of the affidavit which stated, “That I am a responsible and dutiful citizen of the Union of India.

I have exercised my right to approach this court through Article 32 of the Constitution. “That I reiterate the oath taken while being sworn in as Member of Parliament to preserve and uphold the provisions of the Constitution of India and to protect the territorial integrity of India.”

Mehta urged the supreme court to read what was not written in the affidavit and said Lone expressed no remorse in the affidavit for his alleged conduct.

Lone is the lead petitioner challenging the abrogation of Article 370 that accorded special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Meera Verma

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