Article 370: Opposition Voices Kashmir’s Rights in Delhi
The party said the rally was unauthorised and that the slogan, a twist on an old National Conference chant, demeaned Kashmiri women.
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Beginning of the End
73 years down the line, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s unceremonious ouster, on August 9, 1953, as the prime minister of (autonomous) Jammu & Kashmir state, stands out as the single most consequential event in its history since the state’s accession to the Indian Union on October 26, 1947.Logically, history would mark the event as one of the most undemocratic, immoral and unconstitutional acts. And in political terms, it proved to be—as indeed it wa…
Article 370: Nehru’s views on its temporary and transitional nature
What did Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who remained Prime Minister of India till his death in May 1964, say about Article 370 in parliamentary debates? In the Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha. Also in discussions with other ministers of that time, particularly his Home Minister and Minister of State for Home. Nehru’s statements are available in the public domain and can be assessed if one takes care to find them in the Parliament library. His stateme…
How an old Article 370 slogan has put BJP on backfoot in Kashmir
At a BJP rally marking seven years of the abrogation of Article 370, workers raised a modified version of a decades-old National Conference slogan. What was the original slogan, and why did the BJP's version spark anger?
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