Abolishing Article 370 'totally unconstitutional': Indian Punjab CM
Last updated on: 05 August,2019 03:56 pm
The CM stated, "It is a dark day for the Indian democracy."
CHANDIGARH (Web Desk) – Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday termed Indian government’s step of abolishing Article 370 that gave special status to occupied Kashmir as “totally unconstitutional”.
In a statement, Singh said that the democratic fabric of the nation has been "ripped apart" with this "unprecedented violation of the Constitutional norms".
He further stated, "It is a dark day for the Indian democracy."
"This will set a bad precedent as it would mean that the Centre could re-organise any state in the country by simply imposing President s rule," the CM went on to say. The reaction came after Indian government ended special status of the occupied Kashmir while scrapping articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution. The Indian president has signed a four-point amendment decree in this regard.
The announcement was made by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah during his address in Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian parliament.
Shah said, “Kashmir will no longer be a state. It will be divided into two union territories – Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh, which will be without a legislature."
The revocation of the articles has allowed other non-Muslim Indian citizens to buy land in the valley while a separate legislative assembly will be established there for its own laws.