KPC demands abrogation of Art 370, sends memorandum to PM

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 4: Kashmiri Pandit Conference (KPC) today reiterated its demand regarding abrogation of Article 370 giving  special powers to J&K and which was the cause of all problems in the State.
The KPC submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard, Leader of Opposition,  Gh.Nabi Azad, Home Minister  Raj Nath Singh and Governor of  J&K State  N.N. vohra   demanding abrogation of Article 370  from the State of J&K at the earliest.
The memorandum stated that abrogation of Article 370 in need of the hour to curb the secessionist movement in Kashmir. It said that Article 370  was brought in force temporarily in the State , therefore,  the so- called special status  of Jammu and Kashmir  was also temporary, it was never meant  to be permanent  as understood  by the forces who want to take the State out of the political  and Constitutional ambit of  India.
KPC president Kundan Kashmiri said the analysis of the Article has been based more on  rhetoric and less on the actual nature. it  is pertinent to mention the provisions  incorporated  in the  Article 370  that empowered the President  of India  to transfer  powers to Union  with regards to such other subjects  in the Union list  and the Concurrent list  of the 7th schedule  of the Indian constitution  which the President specifies  with   concurrence  of the State Government and extend to the State with  such modifications and expectations  as the President of India  would specify.