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Amid attack on Article 35-A, Mehbooba hopes SC will uphold J&K’s special status

INS Web Desk by INS Web Desk
August 15, 2017
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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during I-day function in Srinagar
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Srinagar: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday excluded confidence that Supreme Court would uphold state’s special status amid challenge to the wires of Article 35A, a provision in India constitution which among others bars outsiders from owning property in Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing the Independence Day parade at Bakshi stadium here, the Chief Minister said that when the people of the State decided to accede to Indian “on the basis of shared ideals of democracy and tolerance”, the institutions like Parliament responded positively and accorded a special status within the country’s constitutional structure.
“And the judiciary, fully endorsing the spirit of the relation, will put its foot down and upheld the special status when the matter of its scraping was brought before it,” she said, and hoped that these institutions in future would uphold the relation of mutual respect, cooperation and trust between the people of the State and rest of the country.
Mehbooba said the entire political class of the State is united in defending and preserving the special status of the State.
Mehbooba said recently she met leaders of all political parties in this regard and she was happy to note that there was an overwhelming consensus on the issue among all of them.
Terming dialogue as the only way ahead to sort out issues, the Chief Minister said if peaceful negotiations can resolve all other issues in the country why can’t these help in redressing issues in Jammu & Kashmir. She said she was pleased to see Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj saying that dialogue is the only way ahead in resolving border disputes with China.  She hoped Pakistan would also understand the need for peaceful engagement with India and the central Government would also undertake a broad based outreach treating the issues within the ambit of humanity as initiated by former Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee. She said the Agenda of Alliance of present Government has also declared that dialogue with all stakeholders in the State is the way forward.
Mehbooba Mufti said good neighborly relations between India and Pakistan are very crucial for the people of the State who bear the brunt of any bitterness in relations between the two countries. She said due to the recent tension along the LoC, hundreds of people living close to the borders in the State had to migrate to safer places. Many of them, she said, lost their lives, schools in these areas got closed and a lot of them were rendered homeless. For how long it would continue, she asked.
Describing Jammu & Kashmir as the land of saints and sages, the Chief Minister said it was Hazrat Shah-e-Hamdan (R.A.) who brought along hundreds of artisans who trained the people here in skill development in various fields. Hazrat Sheikh Noor-ud-Wali (R.A.) taught and practiced brotherhood, amity and harmony to our people, she added. She said Nature has bestowed the State with huge natural resources in the form of water, forests and scenic beauty which once harnessed optimally would not only usher in a developmental revolution in the State but also suffice the needs of country in terms of power, irrigation and other sectors.
The Chief Minister had a word of advice for the parents as well. She appealed them to guide their wards to take up pens instead of stones and guns. “Let us ponder, how is it that the guns manufactured somewhere far off find their use in every Muslim society. Why should it happen? Why can’t our youngsters be put in productive, creative streams rather than in this confusion”, she said in her address.
Later, the Chief Minister took salute on the march past by contingents of various wings of J&K Police, Home Guards and other wings besides  students from various schools.
Students from various educational institutions presented a variety of cultural items which were liked by the audience. Members of J&K Police also presented some breathtaking daredevil items which received applause from the dignitaries.
Former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah; Chairman, Legislative Council; Haji Anayat Ali; Ministers; Advisor to Chief Minister, Prof Amitabh Mattoo; Judges of the High Court; MPs; Vice President, PDP, Muhammad Sartaj Madni; Legislators; Chief Secretary, B. B. Vyas; Director General of Police, Dr S P Vaid; Chief Information Commissioner, Khursheed Ahmad Ganai; Administrative Secretaries, senior officers of Police, Army and other Central services; heads of several Departments and a large number of people were present on the occasion.
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