Article 370: Historically significant day for India’s integration, says Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said that it was a historically significant day for Indiarsquos integration after the Supreme Court passed its verdict on the Article 370 in Jammu and KashmirIn an official statement on X CM Eknath Shinde said Today is the historically significant day for Indiarsquos integration The decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abrogate Article 370 gets a final nod from the Hon SC of IndiaHe said I congratulate Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for their commitment to ideology and remarkable courage to correct a historical blunderCM Shinde further said this integration will end terrorism and bring peace and justice to Jammu amp Kashmir Todayrsquos decision also makes a way for a free and fair electionHe added Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray once said that if he becomes the Prime Minister of India for a day he will abrogate Article 370 Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have made his dream into a reality today Unfortunate that some political parties remain skeptical and fail to acknowledge this great change in Indiarsquos political history I have no doubt that one day POK will be part of India hellipmdash Eknath Shinde mieknathshinde December 11 2023Meanwhile the BJP on Monday hailed as historic the Supreme Court upholding the Centres decision to scrap Article 370 and said with its abrogation in 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave new strength to the unity and integrity of IndiaThe apex court unanimously upheld the Centres decision to abrogate provisions of the Article bestowing special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and directed restoration of statehood at the earliest as well as elections to the assembly by September 30 next yearDefence Minister and former BJP president Rajnath Singh in a post on X said Today the Supreme Court upheld Prime Minister Narendra Modis decision to scrap Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution and the process followed for thatThis historic decision of the Supreme Court is going to make every Indian happy he said and added that by abrogating Article 370 Prime Minister Modi has not only written a new chapter but has also given new strength to the unity and integrity of IndiaToday Jammu and Kashmir has entered a new era of development he addedThe apex court also upheld the validity of the decision to carve out the union territory of Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir in 2019I have full confidence that under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi the entire region of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will prove to be a benchmark in terms of development and good governance Singh wrote on XInformation and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on X said the top courts verdict is yet another victory and moment of celebration for all the nationalist people of the country who dreamt of complete integration of the Jammu and Kashmir with Bharat and for which they fought political and legal battles and even sacrificed their livesThakur said that the Modi government withdrew the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 2019 to undo one of the many historic blunders committed by the Congress during the Nehruvian eraCertain political ecosystems and its offshoots and offshore sympathisers started conspiracies against this integration process because they never wanted normalcy to return to the Kashmir Valley he claimedThe minister said the unification of Bharat was incomplete without Ek Pradhan Ek Nishan Ek Vidhan And this objective was finally achieved he addedUnder the leadership of Modi ji peace and prosperity are returning and people have rejected terrorism Thakur saidMore power to Narendra Modi ji because the nation trusts him as a man of his word who can restore the glory and territory of Bharat lost in the past the minister wrote on Xwith PTI inputs