: Article 370 is basis for J&K’s accession to India, could not be removed, says Omar Abdullah #IndiaNEWS National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that Article 370 could not have

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Article 370 is basis for J&K’s accession to India, could not be removed, says Omar Abdullah #IndiaNEWS
National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that Article 370 could not have been removed as it provided for the basis of Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India, The Indian Express reported.In 1947, the ruler of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh, signed an agreement with India called the Instrument of Accession. Under the agreements, Jammu and Kashmir became a part of the Indian Union with the Centre’s law-making powers over the state restricted to just three subjects – defence, external affairs and communications. Jammu and Kashmir was given this special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.On August 5, 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government abrogated Article 370. Jammu and Kashmir was then split into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. On Sunday, Abdullah told reporters that Article 370 was not given a permanent status based on a resolution passed in the United Nations Security Council.“But thereafter when you say that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and it cannot be disintegrated from it, then you cannot remove that basis on which it had become an integral part of the country,�? he argued, according to The Indian Express.He refused to speak further on the matter, noting...Read more

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