New Delhi: Reacting on Central Government’s decision to scrap Article 370, Kashmiri actress Zaira Wasim tweeted, “This too shall pass! #Kashmir”.
Apart from her, other celebrities including Anupam Kher, Dia Mirza too expressed their views.
Amit Shah justifies move
It may be mentioned that the Centre repealed Article 370 which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir and a resolution in this regard was moved in the Rajya Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, amidst uproar by the opposition in the Upper House.
“All clauses of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will not be applicable in the state,” Shah said while moving the resolution and added that it will come into effect after the President signs giving his assent and the central government notifies it.
Soon after Shah moved the resolution, a gazette notification in this regard was issued by the President.
Asserting that Article 370 did not allow proper integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India and should have been removed without delay, Shah said that the BJP-led government had the “political will” to take decisions concerning the “temporary” provision in the constitution.
“Article 370 has been regarded as a temporary provision and it had to go. It should have gone long back. But nobody showed will power to do so due to vote bank politics. We are not worried about vote banks nor do we lack political will under Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said.
Justifying the move, he said the people of Jammu and Kashmir were not receiving any benefits due to Article 370 and the politicians were allowing corruption to flourish despite the state getting maximum amount of fund for its development.
“There should not be a second’s delay in abrogating Article 370,” he said.