Mehbooba Mufti: Fiddling with J-K’s special status will have ‘catastrophic ramifications’

Article 35A, which was incorporated in the Constitution by a 1954 Presidential Order, also denies property rights to a woman who marries a person from outside the state.

“My father (former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed) took great pride in the special status that J-K enjoys under Article 370. He would often mention that while people of the state have made great sacrifices for larger goals, we need to safeguard what we already have,” the PDP president added.

My father took great pride in the special status that J&K enjoys under Article 370. He would often mention that while people of the state have made great sacrifices for larger goals, we need to safeguard what we already have. 1/2

— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) August 3, 2018

Over the last few days, protests by the separatists, business and trade bodies and civil society organisations against petitions demanding that Article 35A be repealed have rocked the Valley.

A two-day strike has been called on August 5-6 over the issue by separatists.

(With inputs from PTI)