Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A is a watershed moment in India’s history and the beginning of a new era of progress in Jammu and Kashmir.
Taking to X on completion of five years of the abrogation of the Articles, Modi said, “Today we mark 5 years since the Parliament of India decided to abrogate Articles 370 and 35(A), a watershed moment in our nation’s history.”
“It was the start of a new era of progress and prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. It meant that the Constitution of India was implemented in these places in letter and spirit, in line with the vision of the great men and women who made the Constitution” he wrote on X.
He further added: “With abrogation came security, dignity and opportunity for the women, youth, backward, tribal and marginalised communities who were deprived of the fruits of development… and at the same time, it has ensured that corruption, which plagued J&K for decades, has been kept at bay”.
“I assure the people of J&K and Ladakh that our government will keep working for them and fulfil their aspirations in the coming times” he said.
The Centre on August 5, 2019 revoked Article 370 of the Constitution which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir within the Indian Union.
The Centre also brought the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act that bifurcated the erstwhile State into two Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. UNI JA SSP
