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| Hakim Yasin terms calling off Indo-Pak dialogue a negative development | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 21: Reacting over a plea filed by a Delhi-based NGO in Supreme Court challenging the provisions of Article 370, People’s Democratic Front (PDF) chairman and MLA Khansahib Hakim Mohammad Yasin today said that some people in India were trying to misinterpret Article 370 to create a controversy.
In a statement to press, Hakim Yasin said, "In the case of Jammu and Kashmir, Article 370 has a specific background. Article 370 was incorporated in Constitution of India to maintain a distinct identity of Jammu and Kashmir in political map of the world.
But unfortunately, it has been reduced to a husk through political fraud and constitutional abuse and now it seems that some elements were tactfully raking up this issue to divert attention from the main issue which is Kashmir problem."
"Instead of raising hue and cry over the issue, it would be in the best interests of nation that provisions of Article 370 which have been eroded from time to time are restored without any delay as it acts as a bridge between the Union and the State," he demanded.
The PDF chairman also expressed concern over the reports that some vested interests were trying to polarize the state ahead of Assembly elections.
"They issue irresponsible statement which are aimed at to divide people on regional and religious lines. People of the state have been rejecting such elements since 1947 who want to divide them on the basis of region, religion and caste and I am confident this time also they will face the same fate," he said.
"The communal overtures of such elements are fraught with dangerous consequences for the ideals enshrined in the republican constitution of the country. There is also a dire need to protect and preserve the rich socio-cultural and religious diversity of the state and any division on regional, religious, ethnic or cultural basis is acceptable to the people of Jammu and Kashmir," Hakim Yasin added. |
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