Hope Supreme Court delivers verdict in favour of people of J&K: Ghulam Nabi Azad on Article 370 petitions
The Hindu
Ghulam Nabi Azad hopes SC will deliver verdict in favour of J&K people on petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370. Azad believes SC is only institution that can return Articles 370 & 35A to people. He doesn't see Parliament reversing decisions as it would require two-thirds majority.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad expressed hope on Sunday that the Supreme Court will deliver a verdict in favour of the people here on a bunch of petitions challenging the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution in 2019.
“I have said it earlier...there are only two [institutions] that can return Articles 370 and 35A to the people of Jammu and Kashmir — Parliament and the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Bench is non-partisan and we hope that it will give a decision in favour of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” Mr. Azad told reporters here.
Mr. Azad, who floated the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) after parting ways with the Congress, said he cannot foresee Parliament reversing the decisions taken on August 5, 2019 as it would require a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha.
“To return Article 370 and Article 35A would require 350 seats [in the Lok Sabha]. Any regional party in Jammu and Kashmir can get three, four or a maximum of five seats. That would not be enough. I do not see the opposition mustering such numbers. [Prime Minister Narendra] Modiji had the majority, but he did not do it. So it is only the Supreme Court that can do it,” he said.
Mr. Azad said the people of Jammu and Kashmir, irrespective of their religion or ethnicity, have an emotional attachment with the special provisions of the Constitution that were repealed four years ago.
“The people of Jammu and Kashmir are attached to Article 370 and Article 35A, not politically but emotionally. It is important that these [provisions] are restored for securing our present and future,” he said.
The former Union Minister pointed out that the special provisions were enacted by Maharaja Hari Singh in 1925 to protect the land and jobs for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
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