Issue of abrogation of Article 370
- Article 35A gave specific legal rights to residents of J&K
- Dilution of Art 370: master stroke in foreign policy
- had its long term & short term effects
- immediate effect: reaffirmed India's sole claim over entire territory of J&K
- all indian laws, incl. RTI, RTE apply in entire J&K
- short term effect: expected to promote socio-economic dev
- out maneuvering of pak from Kashmir discourse
- over the years, Pak has used spl status to fuel separatism & insurgency in J&K
- by abrogating this article, india has undermined Pak’s strategy to exploit Kashmir issue on intl. stage
- expected to reduce disturbances in J&K