BJP will respect SC judgment over Article 35A: Ashok Koul

SRINAGAR, JUL 31 (PTK): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Secretary (Organization) Ashok Koul today said that their party will respect Supreme Court (SC) judgment on Article 35 A.

While talking to Press Trust of Kashmir (PTK), BJP’s State Secretary (Organization) Ashok Koul said, “BJP stands for respect to verdict of the Supreme Court on Article 35. Nobody knows what would be the decision of Supreme Court so we should respect whatever will be the decision.”

When asked about the current situation of Kashmir, he said that there are lot of issues in the world like this adding that nothing is going to happen in Kashmir if article 35A withdrawn.

A slew of petitions challenging Article 35A which were clubbed together by the Supreme Court have ratcheted up tensions in Kashmir, where both mainstream and separatist leaders fret demographic changes if the constitutional provision, which prohibits people from other states from owning property in J&K, is struck down from the Constitution.

The special provision was added to the Constitution of India through a presidential order on May 14, 1954. (PTK)