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TopicArticle 35A

Topic: Article 35A

J&K residents not impressed with Modi speech, say opening up Kashmir will hurt state

Few in J&K have bought into PM Modi's Thursday speech promising all-round development, early and transparent elections and an end to terrorism.

After Scindia, Congress leader Karan Singh says govt’s Kashmir move has some positives

Karan Singh, the son of former J&K ruler Maharaja Hari Singh, said he didn't agree with a blanket condemnation of the government scrapping Article 370, which gave the state special status.

Congress embarrasses itself yet again, split wide open on Modi govt’s move on Article 370

Deepender Hooda & Milind Deora of poll-bound Haryana & Maharashtra, among others, openly support govt move to repeal Article 370 and bifurcate J&K.

Will scrapping Article 370 and splitting the state resolve Kashmir problem or worsen it?

Home Minister Amit Shah Monday announced the end of ‘special status’ to Jammu and Kashmir.He told the Rajya Sabha Article 370 has been scrapped.

No debate, no discussion, no dissent, and the Constitution is changed

The Modi government’s unilateral and arbitrary decision to change the constitutional status of Jammu & Kashmir is anything but democratic.

Modi’s Mission Kashmir was to make scrapping of Article 35A a necessity. That moment is now

If Modi govt fails to scrap Article 35A now, it will be loss of face for Delhi and a de facto surrender of Kashmir to transnational terror groups.

Panic in Kashmir helps Modi deflect attention from sinking economy, even if fear is real

Why do we not want to believe that it is genuinely a terror alert?

Legally, BJP govt can revoke Article 35A but Ambedkar would have asked if this was prudent

BJP government must show a willingness to discard the tunnel vision of its project to make Kashmir fully Akhand with Bharat.

Mehbooba slams ED move to grill Farooq Abdullah, but NC-PDP are far from becoming friends

Mehbooba Mufti’s bid to hold a meeting of all J&K parties on Article 35A may not work, especially after PDP abstained from Triple Talaq vote in Rajya Sabha.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.