| Removal of special status will result in end of terrorism in Kashmir, says Amit Shah | | |  New Delhi, Aug 11: .Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday asserted that the removal of special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution will put an end to terrorism and lead to progress of the region.
Speaking at the launch of a book on Vice-President M. Venkiah Naidu's two years in office here, Shah said he firmly believed Article 370 that gave the special status to Jammu and Kashmir should be amended as it was not beneficial to the country.
"I was firm that Article 370 should be removed.... after (amending) Article 370, terrorism in Kashmir will end and it will progress on the path of development," he said, adding that there was not an iota of confusion in his mind on what will happen post the path-breaking move.
He said the BJP-led government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi "has made this country free from Article 370".
Shah credited Naidu, who is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, for the deft handling of the situation when he moved the Bills related to Jammu and Kashmir in the Upper House, saying he had some "apprehensions" of a repeat of scenes witnessed during the division of Andhra Pradesh.
The BJP president, who is a Lok Sabha member, said as a legislator there was no confusion in his mind whether Article 370 should be scrapped or not. "I firmly believe there was no benefit to the country from it, or for Kashmir. It should have been removed earlier. As a Home Minister, there was not an iota of confusion in my mind on what will happen after Article 370," he said. |
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