Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 16: Former Union Minister, Prof Saif-ud-din Soz today said that Kashmir has been struggling democratically for the restoration of Article 370.
“Home Minister’s gesture of restoring the statehood for Jammu and Kashmir at some point of time in future, does not answer the requirement of the people of Kashmir. Many so-called mainstream leaders in Kashmir also brag that they would fight for restoration of statehood. These efforts are essentially meant to dissuade the people of Kashmir from the right path of their impulse i.e. essentially their struggle for restoration of their `Special Status’ that was enshrined in Article 370 of the Constitution of India, now abrogated, unilaterally, by the Central Govt,” Soz said in a statement here.
“In my opinion, it is the struggle that matters and the people of Kashmir have already initiated a democratic process of their struggle. Eminent Jurist Nani Palkiwala had rightly cautioned the Nation at a time, by saying that, “you cannot remove Article 370, because that was a condition Kashmir became a part of India. If Article 370 is removed, I don’t see why Kashmir should continue to be a part of India. This is what I have been saying for years and years,” Soz maintained.
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