{"id":123718,"date":"2021-08-05T18:49:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=123718"},"modified":"2021-08-11T15:33:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T10:03:52","slug":"why-valley-is-still-distant-with-end-of-articles-370-and-35a-theres-peace-hope-and-democracy-in-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-valley-is-still-distant-with-end-of-articles-370-and-35a-theres-peace-hope-and-democracy-in-jk\/","title":{"rendered":"Why valley is still distant, With end of Articles 370 and 35(A), there&#8217;s peace, hope and democracy in J&#038;K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The Indian Express (<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/jammu-kashmir-special-status-article-370-gupkar-alliance-modi-govt-7438748\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/jammu-and-kashmir-special-status-two-years-abrogation-of-article-370-7438749\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: This article explains the situation of J&amp;K ever since the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>With the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, it is time to take a stock of the arguments regarding the abrogation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>India bid farewell to Articles 370 and 35 (A) and abrogated them two years ago<\/p>\n<h5><strong>The government argued that:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Articles 370 and 35 (A) created an unnatural and unhealthy divide in our nation.<\/li>\n<li>It would promote gender equality and end discrimination against marginalised communities like the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in J&amp;K.<\/li>\n<li>The strikes like in 2008 can be better controlled and managed if Article 370 was not there.<\/li>\n<li>Abrogation would also put an end to terrorism in J&amp;K<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Many of these have failed to materialize because:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The abrogation has deepened the alienation of large sections of the population<\/li>\n<li>The abrogation took place while J&amp;K was under lockdown with limited scope for protest<\/li>\n<li>The Constitution required consultations with the State legislature, which was effectively bypassed during the abrogation.<\/li>\n<li>The Constitutional guarantees given to the people of J&amp;K during the abrogation have been broken.<\/li>\n<li>The fissures that existed between various regions have deepened, e.g. Buddhist majority Leh and Muslim majority Kargil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Way Forward<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The move of the Union Government interacting with political parties is a welcome step<\/li>\n<li>More political dialogue and people to people connect is necessary<\/li>\n<li>The move for the restoration of J&amp;K statehood should be given due consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Terms to Know<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/article-370-and-article-35a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Article 370 and Article 35A<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The Indian Express (Article 1 and Article 2) Relevance: This article explains the situation of J&amp;K ever since the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A Synopsis: With the anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, it is time to take a stock of the arguments regarding the abrogation. Context India bid farewell to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/why-valley-is-still-distant-with-end-of-articles-370-and-35a-theres-peace-hope-and-democracy-in-jk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why valley is still distant, With end of Articles 370 and 35(A), there&#8217;s peace, hope and democracy in J&#038;K<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[6155,212,8879,4361,8742],"class_list":["post-123718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-article-370","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-issues-related-to-federal-structure","tag-kashmir","tag-still-distant","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}