New Delhi: On Monday, former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the choice to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution, which he said was "correcting a historic mistake." "My compliments to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji and the Home Minister Shri Amit Shah for correcting a historical blunder," Jaitley tweeted.
"Separate status led to separatism," the former finance minister tweeted further. "No dynamic nation can allow this situation to continue. What was a temporary and transient provision can not be considered as permanent.
It had to go."Jaitley questioned how Articles 370 and 35A be a precedent to merger, saying "J&K integration with India took place in October 1947. Article 370 came into force in 1952, Article 35A came in 1954, four and seven years later respectively. How can Articles 370 and 35A be a condition precedent to merger?"
