Summary:
STAFF CORRESPONDENTSHILLONG: BJP's Member of Parliament Rakesh Sinha has flayed the Congress for its stand on Article 370. After consultation with the state's Constituent Assembly, the 1954 Presidential Order was issued, specifying the articles of the Indian constitution that applied to the state. Since the Constituent Assembly dissolved itself without recommending the abrogation of Article 370, the article was deemed to have become a permanent feature of the Indian Constitution. As a result of this provision, Indian citizens from other states could not purchase land or property in Jammu & Kashmir. Following resolutions passed in both the Houses of Parliament, he issued a further order on 6 August declaring all the clauses of Article 370 to be inoperative..