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Article 370 of the Constitution is making a mockery of secularism, nationalism and the structure of unity.
REALITY CHECK!
Article 370 no longer puts that State on a special pedestal. Article 370 has been largely confined to discussions of how the Indian government has undermined the autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir or how it threatens Indias territorial
integrity. Article 370 is arguably the most contentious provision of the Constitution of India . The state has managed to refute almost all the articles of the constitution or accepted them only in their modified version
then known as India. All rulers of these States owed allegiance to the British Crown. On 20th February, 1947, His Majestys Government announced that independence would be given to British India The prospect of all 562 Indian States exercising their independence was too mind-boggling. Military takeovers and civil wars were on the cards. It was only by the instrument of Accession signed by the Maharaja the state acceded to India. By its clause 370, the Maharaja accepted that the matters specified in the schedule are the state matters with respect to which the Indian legislature may make laws for the state J. & K. Special relationship of J. & K. found its reflection in Article 370 of the Constitution when sheikh Abdullah gave his consent to it.
attack in 1947 over which the government of India had no control over. The feelings of regionalism, communalism and separatism have been developed. It is the tale of local versus non-local who are not state subjects.
PRESENT STATE
The provision dealing with the governmental
machinery in the other states of the Union do not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Legislative authority of the Union Parliament in respect of this state is limited to those matters in the Union and Concurrent list. Only such of the other provisions of the Constitution shall apply to this State as the President may by order specify.
remain effective until the Constitution of the State was framed and thereafter it must be held to have become ineffective without authority of law Mohammad Maqbool Damnoo v State of Jammu and Kashmir Article 370 (1)(b) and (d) places no limitation on the framing or amendment of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir
terrorism. On objections by assembly for the inclusion of Article 370, an assurance was given by the framers of the Constitution that it would be weakened and modified gradually.
WHY NOW???
Article 370 serves as a reminder to the Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the
country that the merger of the state is not complete. The situation has become grave despite the fact that the Article is very much a part of the Constitution and as a result the State continues to enjoy the special status accorded to it when it acceded to India. This special status delinks the state from rest of the country. It is called constitutionally recognized separatism.
like other states? If the accession is complete, why then the special appeasement? Is it so because there is Muslim majority ? Had there been Hindu majority in the Kashmir valley, would there have been this clause of the Constitution ? Does not this clause give an opportunity to the world to doubt our honesty ?
not come within the ambit of secularism The President of India cannot dare to issue any order under Article 356, 360 0r 352 to Jammu and Kashmir. A citizen has a dual citizenship. He does not have the right to have property and the right to vote in Jammu and Kashmir. political groupism receives encouragement and no local nationalist Government can remain durable if it is not the product of anti-national elements. Under Article 370 the Indian Parliament cannot increase or reduce the borders of the state. It is beyond its jurisdiction (Article 253).
swallowed, it may lead to death and if not, still death is there. But when the bone has become dangerous for the existence of the body. it is better to throw it out. The root of the Kashmir conflict is not oppression but identity. The desire and right to fight for a separate nation-state are given in their feeling that they are different from Indians, and this would be so even if they were not oppressed by the Indian state and enjoyed all democratic rights (which, of course, is not the case at present). So Kashmiri self-determination would come at the expense of another nation or entail further partitions on ethnic lines. One atrocity after another without any justice in sight is a recipe for barbarism. Kashmir will not be free if India withdraws because it is also occupied by Pakistan.
to come on equal footing with other states in the matter of development. This pampering of Jammu & Kashmir has not only ignored the injustices but also the root of terrorism in India and violates the right to be equal. The ultimate goal, of course, should be to bring Jammu & Kashmir within the mainstream of the Indian Constitution without Article 370.