[Marxistindia] Don't Touch Article 35A

[news from the cpi(m)]

February 25, 2019

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

 

Don't Touch Article 35A

 

 

The people of Kashmir valley and all shades of political opinion there are
highly perturbed by reports of the efforts to do away with Article 35A of
the Constitution.

 

This has come in the context of the petitions being heard in the Supreme
Court challenging the Constitutional provision and the fact that the Central
Government has not made its position clear on the matter. 

 

Article 35A confers the power to the Jammu & Kashmir state legislature to
define who are permanent residents and their rights. Any attempt to tamper
with this provision will fundamentally damage the special status accorded to
Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution.

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its strong opposition to the move
to interfere with Article 35A. It calls upon the central government to make
a public commitment that the Article will be retained intact in the
Constitution. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Hari Singh Kang)

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office

 

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