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| Prof Chaman assails linking of Article 370 with accession | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 30: Terming Article 370 as a thorn in the polity of Jammu & Kashmir, the former Union Minister and MLA, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta regretted that instead of discussing merits and demerits of the provision, certain protagonists of the so called "special status" are trying to link it with the accession of this State with Indian Union.
Commenting upon the ongoing controversy about this article, Prof Gupta said that on the very face of it the provision has been incorporated in the Statue Book as "Temporary" but it was strange that even the Congress leaders are trying to link this controversial provision with the accession of the state ignoring the fact that under law Jammu & Kashmir acceded to Indian Union on October 26, 1947, when the ruler of the State Maharaja Hari Singh signed the instrument of Accession whereas this Article 370 was adopted in October, 1949, after two years of the accession. It was ridiculous to say that this provision is a bridge between this state and rest of India, he added and pointed out that when this provision was adopted amidst protests from the nationalists the then Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru on the floor of parliament had assured that this temporary provision would wither away with the passage of the time.
Prof. Gupta said that Article 370 has caused more harm than any good to the country as a whole, more so, the people of J&K who have been deprived of their basic rights and badly affecting the progress and prosperity of this State.
He maintained that the retention of Article 370 is not only against the unity and national interests but also injurious to the rights of the people in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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