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Srinagar, Nov 19 (PTI) The decision to repeal three farm laws is a clear shift from “politics of arrogance” to one of “introspection and reappraisal”, National Conference MP Hasnain Masoodi said on Friday and called for restoring Jammu and Kashmir special status under Article 370.
He demanded the revocation of the August 5, 2019 decision that nullified Article 370 of the Constitution and the repeal of the Reorganisation Act as well as other laws by virtue of which the erstwhile state’s special status was ended and bifurcated into union territories.
“The decision to withdraw the three controversial farm laws after unreasonably defending and justifying these for one long year unmindful of the widespread outrage and 800 farmers deaths and huge loss to the property, is a clear shift from politics of arrogance to one of introspection and reappraisal,” the NC leader said.
Masoodi, the Lok Sabha MP from south Kashmir"s Anantnag, said the decision to revoke the farm laws also depicts a realisation on part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre that before pushing through a legislation on important issues on the strength of majority, it should be placed in public domain for wider discussion and deliberations in tune with the well established democratic practices.
“The decision also teaches us that there is nothing like "hands of a clock cannot be moved back" assertion and decision taken can always be given a fresh look whenever the circumstances so demand,” he said.
The Member of Parliament asked the prime minister to undertake a similar introspection in case of August 5, 2019 decisions and repeal the laws whereby Jammu and Kashmir was “unilaterally, unconstitutionally and unethically denuded” of its special status and “dismembered and downgraded” to a union territory.