Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the Supreme Court upheld the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that Article 370, which was abrogated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in 2019, gave impetus to separatism in Jammu and Kashmir which led to killings of several lives.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding abrogation of Article 370 and 35(A) stating that it would 'strengthen national unity'.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna while upholding the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, expressed concern on conversion of a State into Union Territory saying it has "grave consequences" and it denies the citizens an elected State government and impinges on federalism.
Welcoming the Supreme Court's decision, upholding the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that today's day will be written in golden letters.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended all of its political activities for the next seven days. The party said the decision has been taken to stand in solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the Supreme Court's verdict on Article 370.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami welcomed the Supreme Court's decision on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday took a dig at Congress over its stance of disagreeing with the Supreme Court judgement over the manner in which Article 370 was abrogated from Jammu and Kashmir and said the opposition party will continue to lose elections with such a stand
On the Supreme Court verdict on Article 370 on Jammu and Kashmir, the Bar Council of India (BCI), Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and several legal experts including former Union Law Secretary called it a very important and "Historical and Momentous decision".
"The verdict says that J-K does not retain any element of sovereignty after the Instrument of Accession was signed and hence rules that the Constitution of J-K is redundant. But, was not signing of the Instrument of Accession conditional to retaining a special status contained in now abrogat
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji has done a historic work of including Jammu and Kashmir in the main ideology of the country for which crores of people express their gratitude to Modi ji. The verdict of the Supreme Court is not just a legal judgement, it's a hope, and a promise to build a st