Article 370 Abrogation: Political Families In Kashmir struggle To Stay Relevant newindianexpress.com
For over 70 years, the mainstream parties, especially NC and PDP based their politics on the sense that Jammu and Kashmir is a unique state with special identity within the Constitution.
With the withdrawal of certain constitutional provisions under Article 370 in Kashmir, the mainstream political parties in the Valley have suddenly lost their “relevance” now and would have to come up with alternative narrative very fast to make themselves relevant again.
For over 70 years, the mainstream parties, especially National Conference of the Abdullahs and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), formed in 1999, based their politics on the sense that Jammu and Kashmir is a unique state with special identity within the Constitution.
They conveyed a clear sense to the people that they were there to protect the state’s interest by safeguarding Article 370, which guaranteed special status to J&K, and Article 35A, which barred outsiders from purchasing land and getting government jobs and scholarships in the Valley.
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