Srinagar, Dec 11:Apni Party Monday said that the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the Union Government’s August 5, 2019, move to abrogate Article 370 had saddened the people of Jammu and Kashmir to the core because, over the years and decades, people had been led to believe that this article of the constitution was permanent.
A statement of the Apni Party issued here said: “The Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Centre’s August 5, 2019, move has deeply saddened the J&K people as they had been led to believe that Article 370 of the constitution was permanent. The verdict from a five-judge constitution bench, headed by the Chief Justice of India, has now clarified that the article is gone forever, leaving people deeply disheartened. It is the responsibility of the central government to come forward and assure the people that they will not be subjected to disempowerment.”