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BJP dubious stand on Art 35-A exposed 8/6/2018 11:54:02 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 6: Even as the Supreme Court on Monday adjourned hearing on petitions challenging the validity of Article 35A of Constitution, dubious role being played by BJP has been exposed in this highly sensitive case. On the one hand BJP leadership is trying to exploit sentiments of the people across the nation by speaking against Article 35A but in the Court BJP led NDA Government is repeatedly demanding adjournment of the case with one other excuse. While as BJP government at the Centre has not shown any interest to get this Article abolished in the Court, the previous coalition government in J&K, in which BJP was equal partner, had spent crores and crores of rupees to defend this Article, which has been described as 'biggest constitutional blunder' by the RSS. "This is a very sensitive matter. Our only prayer is that it may not be heard before three weeks as a solution is in the course of being devised," Centre's Attorney General Venugopal had told the Bench in the year 2017. The state government has maintained that the Supreme Court had already settled the issue by ruling that Article 370 of the Constitution had attained permanent status. But the Centre has been shying away from filing its response to spell out its stand on Article 35A. The Attorney General had last year told the court that the government didn't want to file its affidavit in response to petitions against Article35A. It has been challenged on the ground that the President could not have amended the Constitution by an Order in 1954 and it was to be a temporary provision. Amid growing political unease in Jammu and Kashmir over alleged attempts to do away with Article 35A, the top court had on August 14, 2017 hinted at sending all five petitions challenging the controversial provision to a Constitution Bench for a definitive finding on its validity. It is also due to Centre's dubious stand that hearing on this case been delaying.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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