Nehru’s Mistakes At Root Of Kashmir Problem: Amit Shah After Big Verdict

New Delhi: 

The Constitution’s Article 370, which gave Jammu and Kashmir its special status, had “led to separatism”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Rajya Sabha today, hours after the Supreme Court backed the Centre’s move to scrap the Article four years ago.

“There are other states with more Muslim population than Kashmir. Then why only J&K was suffering from terrorism? It was because Article 370 led to separatism,” Mr Shah said, pointing out that top court, in its judgment today, said the Article was temporary in nature, meant only to ease Jammu and Kashmir into being a part of India.

The court’s order vindicated the government’s stand, said Mr Shah, who was the one to announce the revocation of the Article 370 and splitting of Jammu and Kashmir in August four years ago.
Even so, the Congress, he said, was not happy with the court’s verdict.