PDP president and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti declared herself a "dimaagi Naxal" for supporting Article 370, reacting to Union Minister Kiren Rijiju’s clarification that PM Modi did not label opposition leaders as such.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju clarified that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “dimagi Naxal” remark was not aimed at political rivals but at forces allegedly undermining India’s constitutional framework. Rijiju listed Maoist supporters, separatists and those backing Article 370 among them
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “dimagi naxal” remark, saying he was “proud” to be one. Modi had warned against ideological supporters of Naxalism allegedly influencing policies