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- Don't know which flag people of J&K will pick: Mehbooba Mufti warns Centre on Article 35A
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- The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said that Article 35A is a matter of right, not a privilege.
- The Supreme Court has listed the challenge to Article 35A of the Constitution for hearing from February 26 to 28
Article 35A
, Peoples Democratic Party president
Mehbooba Mufti
on Monday said that fiddling with it will have "disastrous consequences".
Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, the former Jammu and
Kashmir
chief minister said that Article 35A of the Constitution is a matter of right, not a privilege.
Adding that the Centre should not "play with fire," she said, "Don't fiddle with Article 35A, else you will see what you haven't seen since 1947. If it's attacked then I don't know which flag people of
Jammu and Kashmir
will be forced to pick up instead of the
tricolour
."
The Supreme Court has listed the challenge to Article 35A of the Constitution for hearing from February 26 to 28.
Earlier, National Conference (NC) vice-president
Omar Abdullah
said any fiddling with Jammu and Kashmir's
special status
would have serious and far-reaching consequences in the state.
"I am not threatening, it is my duty to warn you, the rest is your will. As a responsible citizen, it is my duty to tell Delhi that your thinking is not right," the NC leader said.
There has been growing indication that the Centre is considering to change its stand of aloofness from the bid to put an end to the provision which gives the Jammu & Kashmir government the rights to confer special privileges to those whom it defines as “permanent residents” of the state.
The entire Valley has been in a grip of panic since the last two days amidst speculation that the government may change its stand to seek an expeditious hearing in the matter
https://m.timesofindia.com/india/do...e-on-article-35a/amp_articleshow/68156407.cms