NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi powerfully backed his administration’s controversial 2019 choice to withdraw the limited freedom of Jammu and Kashmir, days after the state’s newly elected lawmakers sought its recovery.
” Only the constitution of Babasaheb Ambedkar will operate in Kashmir… No power in the world can restore Article 370 , ( partial autonomy ) in , Kashmir”, Modi said, referring to one of the founding fathers of the Indian constitution.
Modi was speaking at a rally for a position in Maharashtra, a position where Ambedkar was from.
Numerous political parties in the Himalayan region opposed the BJP government’s revoked limited freedom in 2019 and divided the condition into Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, two officially administered lands.
In September and October, Jammu and Kashmir held its first regional election in a century, and a resolution was passed this week to demand that it be reinstated.
Although Modi’s federal government has the upper hand in restoring the partial freedom, Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling National Conference group had promised to do so in its election manifesto.
Similar to other American states, Jammu and Kashmir’s new lawmakers have authority to pass laws governing local issues, aside from policing and public order. On all coverage decisions with economic implications, they will also have the administrator’s approval.