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Jammu & Kashmir and Article 370: Gordian knots have been cut, not untied

Home Minister Amit Shah used a provision of Article 370 which gave Kashmir a special status to demolish that special status. So, some are crying foul on being constitutionally Mankaded

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4 min read Last Updated : Aug 07 2019 | 2:11 PM IST

Some very decent, intelligent and highly educated people, a few of whom are good friends of mine, are shocked and astonished by what the government has pulled off in Kashmir — reducing its status from a full-blown state to a Union Territory.

The shock is also because Home Minister Amit Shah used a provision of Article 370 which gave Kashmir a special status to demolish that special status. So they have cried foul on being constitutionally Mankaded.

The astonishment is because the move is so breathtakingly clever. Only Amit Shah could have thought of it and only Narendra Modi could

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Topics : Article 35A Article 370 Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir issue

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