Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 26: Former legislator and Union Minister, Chaman Lal Gupta today said that the day of 26th November is quite important in the annals of history of India as on this day in 1949, the Indian Constitution was approved by the Constituent Assembly and came in force on January 26th , 1950. "The Constitution is one of the best statue books of the world as this provided equal opportunities to all kind of people but unfortunately, this is discriminatory towards the State of J&K but for article 370", he said, while speaking on the occasion of celebrating Constitution day.
He said that Article 370 was a temporary provision but unfortunately this not only existed even after expiry of seventy long years of trouble and turmoil but also separate status was created under communal and parochial considerations to appease his friend, Sheikh Mohd Abdullah by the Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Prof. Gupta recalled that the founding father of the Constitution Dr. B.R Ambedkar was opposed to this provision by saying that being the Law Minister of the Country, he cannot be discriminatory to the countrymen as the people of J&K would enjoy all the rights in the entire country, but in this State the people of rest of India would not have any right. The situation thus created, Nehru had to employ the services of another Minister, Gopala Swami Aayangar to pilot Article 370, which was adopted as a Temporary measure.
Prof. Gupta stressed for measures to rectify for wrongs of the past and Jammu and Kashmir should be treated as an integral part of India by calling spade a spade viz. there is no room for secessionism or semi secession. If Indian Constitution can be good for crores of other Indians including Muslims, how it can be harmful for some lakhs of Kashmir. And thus, he said that all doors of black mailing by pseudo secularists should be closed. |
