The all-party meeting of the leaders of Jammu and Kashmir took place at the Prime Minister's residence in the type of atmosphere, it is a sign of the success of the Modi government.
The all-party meeting held at the Prime Minister's residence in an atmosphere like this is a sign of the success of the Modi government. All the steps taken by the Modi government in Jammu and Kashmir are responsible for this environment. First of all, terrorism was curbed and then after seeing the right atmosphere, elections to the District Development Council were conducted. Along with this, many development works were started there and many decisions were implemented, which were not being implemented due to Article 370. The central government, through its steps, has also made the people there feel that it is the protector of their interests and is ready to start the democratic process in a peaceful environment. The demand for early elections in Jammu and Kashmir and restoration of statehood in the all-party meeting did not bother the Modi government. The truth is that the Modi government also wants to hold elections. It is also giving an assurance that the state status will be restored if the situation improves.
The BJP had been opposing Article 370 since its Jan Sangh era, as it was the father of discrimination and was a hindrance in bringing Jammu and Kashmir into the mainstream. Other political parties were also understanding this, but due to narrow political reasons they refrained from saying so, while every BJP manifesto used to mention that this article would be removed when the time came. Finally this time came on 5th August 2019, when this article was repealed, then many parties including Congress took a dig at the Modi government. Some countries of the world also objected to this, but the Modi government stood firm on its decision and kept calling it an internal matter of India. Eventually the world also realized that this was really an internal matter of India. It was believed that after the removal of Article 370, there would be anarchy in Kashmir, but nothing like this happened. In fact, in the last one and a half years, the situation has changed so rapidly that even the Gupkar alliance, comprising Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, was forced to change its thinking. Recently, the eagerness with which he attended the all-party meeting called by the Prime Minister is the result of the changed atmosphere in Kashmir. In this all-party meeting, Mehbooba Mufti, among the prominent Kashmiri leaders, demanded the withdrawal of Article 370, The rest thought it better not to raise the matter.
At present, the matter of 370 is sub-judice in the Supreme Court. Whatever be the decision there, there is little chance that it will be reversed, because it is neither just nor constitutional to make a temporary article permanent. Perhaps this was the reason that it was agreed in the all-party meeting that assembly elections should be held after delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier the leaders of the Gupkar coalition were opposing the delimitation initiative, but now they seem to be helping in that. It is believed that the process of delimitation will work to remove the imbalance in Jammu and Kashmir. The Modi government, by showing its commitment to conduct elections in Jammu and Kashmir after delimitation, wants to send a message not only to the country, but to the world that its intention is to bring this state into the mainstream, and not to retain it as a union territory by citing terrorism. Or to rule it indirectly.
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