Srinagar: Terming the RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement on Article 370 and 35-A as unrealistic, independent Language lawmaker Er Rasheed on Thursday challenged RSS leadership to discuss on merits the sanctity, validity, and credibility of the instrument of accession between New Delhi and J&K.

In a statement Rasheed said that on one hand RSS invites its political opponents and people with divergent views and religions for open discussions and debates, which should be welcomed, but on the other feels scared and frightened to discuss seventy year-long dispute with the people of J&K, whom RSS and its associates have been trying to silence through the barrel of the gun and draconian laws.

Rasheed also said that he would invite Bhagwat for a debate at a place and timing of his choice to discuss the truths and myths about Kashmir dispute.