CHANDIGARH – Indian Punjab Chief Minister lashes out at PM Modi overscrapping constitutional status of Occupied Kashmir.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday termed Indian government’sstep of abolishing Article 370 that gave special status to occupied Kashmiras “totally unconstitutional”.
In a statement, Singh said that the democratic fabric of the nation hasbeen “ripped apart” with this “unprecedented violation of theConstitutional 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 couldre-organise any state in the country by simply imposing President s rule,”the CM went on to say.
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The reaction came over scrapping articles 35A and 370 of theConstitution. The Indian president has signed a four-point amendment decreein this regard.
The announcement was made by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah during hisaddress in Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian parliament.
Shah said, “Kashmir will no longer be a state. It will be divided into twounion territories – Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh,which will be without a legislature.”