Scrap Art 370 to save Kashmir from jihadi terror: Panun Kashmir

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Welcoming the recent historic judgment of the Supreme Court upholding the applicability of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002, (also known as the Sarfaesi Act) in Jammu and Kashmir, the Panun Kashmir, an organisation of displaced Pandits, today demanded scrapping of Article 370 to save the Valley from becoming a sanctuary of “jihadi terror organisations”.
The Panun Kashmir has said the December 16 order of the SC, which upheld the applicability of the Sarfaesi Act allowing national banks to seize and auction assets of loan defaulters, has put to rest controversies arising out of the claims of separatist elements with regard to the constitutional relationship between J&K and the Union of India.
“It is an appropriate time to repeal Article 370 to completely integrate J&K into India politically, constitutionally and economically. It will also stop the state, especially the Valley, from turning into a sanctuary and hub of Islamic jihadi terror groups,” said Ajay Chrangoo, chairman, Panun Kashmir.
“The Supreme Court judgment has reiterated the most fundamental and cardinal fact that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and that the provisions of Article 370 embodied in the Constitution of India do not in any respect recognise it as a separate entity,” said Chrangoo.
He said, “The order makes it clear that the constitution of J&K is subordinate to the Constitution of India and it is the only one expression of the authority of the Indian state.”
The Panun Kashmir has also condemned attempts that describe the reiteration of constitutional reality of the state by the Supreme Court as a judicial route to undermine Article 370 and Article 35-A. “Such political forces have all through sought to wreck the state from within by undermining and violating the constitution,” Chrangoo claimed.

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