| Omar, Mehbooba have no future, claims survey | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 12: Changed political scenario in Jammu and Kashmir and the recent verdict of the Supreme Court upholding the Centre’s August 5, 2019, decision to abrogate Article 370 seems to have ended the political careers of former J&K chief ministers, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti.
A survey conducted by a national news channel soon after the Supreme Court upheld the abrogation of Article 370 as valid had revealed that a big majority of the respondents are of the opinion that leaders like Omar and Mehbooba do not have a political future in Jammu & Kashmir. This view is shared not just by respondents living in other states, but also those staying in Jammu & Kashmir. On this issue, even respondents living in Kashmir agree with people living in other parts of the country.
The news channel claimed that three out of every five respondents were of the view that leaders like Omar and Mehbooba have been left with nothing.
Within J&K, according to the news channel, two-third of the respondents in the Jammu region feel the same, while more than 50 per cent respondents living in Kashmir share the same view.
Pertinently, Abdullah and Mufti families have dominated the politics of J&K for decades, with the Congress and BJP joining as alliance partners on some occasions.
Since 1952, Article 370 and Article 35 were operational in Jammu & Kashmir, giving the state a unique and special identity along with substantive powers to choose which laws passed by the Indian Parliament would be implemented in the state.
On August 5, 2019, soon after winning a massive mandate in the Lok Sabha elections, the present regime led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi passed a Bill in both the Houses of the Parliament abrogating Article 370.
More than 20 petitions challenging the decision were filed in the Supreme Court, which clubbed them together.
On Monday, a five-judge bench passed a unanimous verdict upholding the abrogation of Article 370. |
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