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| Narrative build up on scrapping Art 370 bringing prosperity far from reality': PAGD White Paper | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 26: The People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) seeking for J&K's special status has said the union government's narrative that Article 370 was temporary and hampered overall development is a lie. The 35 White Paper , released by PAGD leaders in Srinagar on Saturday said the "narrative build up" is far from reality and "belied even by the official statistics." The PAGD headed by Farooq Abdullah has also appealed to the Indian Parliament, all secular democratic parties and civil society at large to realize the serious consequences of the abrogation of Article 370. The paper claims the State of Jammu and Kashmir was the only State amongst the princely States that "negotiated terms of accession" with the dominion of India. "The parties agreed on a constitutional mechanism to govern relations between the State and Union of India in tune with conditions subject to which the Ruler acceded to the dominion of India and also having regard to the agenda of the political party that led the freedom struggle. The Constituent Assembly of India was busy framing constitution for the Country and it was found appropriate to have the agreed mechanism made part of the constitution. The Constituent Assembly after due deliberation and discussion with complete consensus incorporated Article 370 in the Constitution. The provision was to govern the relations between Jammu and Kashmir and the Union," the Paper said. "The Delhi Agreement 1952 reaffirmed that while in case of all other states the residuary powers vested with the Centre, as regards Jammu and Kashmir the residuary powers would vest with the State. The State was, thus, promised limited or residuary sovereignty," it read. The paper said scrapping Article 370 was an assault on the constitution. It has gone into details into how the centre allegedly fiddled with the constitution to scrap the special status. "The Central Government, fully conscious that August 2019 decisions was constitutionally impermissible and morally un-condonable, weaved a number of mistruths, untruths and half- truths to justify and market the unconstitutional decisions. The special status and autonomy promised to the State was said to have been of temporary nature, to have been an impediment in welfare legislation, disadvantageous to overall some segments of the society, promoted regional imbalance while hampering overall development. |
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