Article 370 became tool for decades-long discrimination: Ladakh LG

Article 370 misused to isolate Jammu & Ladakh, became tool of discrimination: LG Kavinder

STATE TIMES NEWS JOURIAN: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Kavinder Gupta, emphasised the misuse of Article 370 by the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir government, stating that the provision, introduced on 17 October 1949 as temporary, was exploited to politically, constitutionally, and emotionally isolate the Jammu and Ladakh regions. He said that instead of serving the people, it became a tool for power, discrimination, and denial of equal rights. K…

Article 370 became tool for decades-long discrimination: Ladakh LG

Jammu, Jan 31 (PTI) Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Kavinder Gupta alleged on Saturday that Article 370 of the Constitution had turned into a tool for indulging in discrimination due to its misuse by the previous Jammu and Kashmir governments.Addressing a gathering on the outskirts of Jammu, Gupta also claimed that this misuse of the constitutional provision had led to the political, constitutional and emotional isolation of the Jammu and Ladakh regi…