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The Constitutional changes disturb the status quo

A year ago, Government of India in a sudden, swift and decisive move abrogated the special status and reorganized the erstwhile state Of Jammu and Kashmir. The Government had worked around a widely nursed perception that the special status disallowed effective tackling of the three decade long Pakistan sponsored insurgency and separatist movement. The Government was compelled to decide in favour of a more ‘aggressive policy’ as neither Pakistan nor the separatists were willing to create an atmosphere conducive for talks. The constitutional changes also fulfilled the ruling party’s long professed ideology of “Ek Vidhan Ek Samwidhaan” 2 and commitment made in its 2019 Lok Sabha Election Manifesto of a “decisive action and a firm policy” to achieve peace, abrogate Art 370 and annul Art 35 A. The last one of these was described as discriminatory against the non-permanent  residents and women as well as an obstacle to the development of the state.