Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, July 18: National Panthers Party (NPP) held protest at Jantar Mantar here demanding imposition of Governor Rule in Jammu and Kashmir State.
Later, the NPP submitted a memorandum to the Speaker of Lok Sabha demanding to introduce Amendment in Article 370 for the safety, security and integrity of the nation.
The memorandum submitted that a temporary provision under the name and style, “Temporary provision-Article 370” was inserted in the Constitution of India as a temporary faith at the time of promulgation of the Constitution of India on January 26, 1950. This Article was temporary and heavily defended by the Chairman of the Constituent Assembly Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. This was assured that this provision was temporary and would not continue long.
The Panthers Party urged the Speaker to introduce amendment in Article 370 in the Constitution of India by deleting Clause (3) of Article 370 which bars the supreme power of the Parliament to amend any (a) provision of Article 370.
It was submitted that India is one from J&K to Kanyakumari and therefore, one nation cannot be governed by the separate Constitution. The Parliament of India is fully competent to amend Article 370 and extend the domain of the Constitution of India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari with one flag and one constitution.
The Parliament of India must exercise its supreme power to amend temporary provision of Article 370 which is possible only by a majority vote as this is an ordinary amendment to amend only a temporary provision. Parliament of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Morarji Desai removed Right to Property (Article 31) from the Chapter of Fundamental Rights. If Parliament can amend a provision relating to fundamental rights, what stops the Parliament to amend/remove a temporary provision (Article 370) which was inserted into the Constitution for only avenging the ruler of Kashmir for personal vendetta.
J&K National Panthers Party pleaded that there is a need to dissolve the present Assembly in J&K, dismiss the Government in the State and invoke Section 92 of the J&K Constitution so that the Governor Rule is imposed without any delay to ensure return of peace and fundamental rights to every citizen of India residing in J&K.