: Kashmir’s special status can’t be restored till another party has majority in Parliament: GN Azad #IndiaNEWS Former senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that Article 370 of the

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Kashmir’s special status can’t be restored till another party has majority in Parliament: GN Azad #IndiaNEWS
Former senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir, cannot be restored unless another party gets a two-thirds majority in Parliament, NDTV reported. “Ghulam Nabi Azad will not mislead anyone,� he said. “For votes, I will not mislead and exploit you. Please do not rake up issues which can’t be achieved. 370 cannot be restored. It needs a two-thirds majority in parliament.� The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government, which has a two-thirds majority in Parliament, had scrapped statehood and special status under Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019. The former state was split into two Union Territories. The Centre had also repealed Article 35A, which ensured special rights and privileges to people defined as “permanent residents� of Jammu and Kashmir. Since then, the region has been under central rule.At a rally in Baramulla on Sunday, Azad said regional parties were misleading Kashmiri residents by promising to restore Article 370, according to NDTV. He added that his party will instead fight to restore statehood and protect the jobs and land of Jammu and Kashmir residents.“I will not raise emotive slogans for winning seats,� he said. “We will have to fight...Read more

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