Senior BJP leader and former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan said former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru was a ' criminal ' who committed the crime of enforcing Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as declaring a ' cease-fire ' in conflict with Pakistan.

 First, he committed the crime of declaring ceasefire in conflict with Pakistan at moments when Indian armies were driving out Pakistan's Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) infiltrators, which left one-third of Pakistan's part (PoK), "Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.Secondly, in Jammu and Kashmir, he committed the crime of enforcing Article 370"." How can two symbols, two constitution and two heads exist in one nation? It wasn't injustice, but a crime against the country, "Chouhan said.