Article 370: Will revoking special status be

good for Kashmir, India?

Before judging if Article 370 was good or bad for Jammu and Kashmir,
we should try to understand what actually was Article 370.Article 370
of the Indian constitution gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir
allowing it to have a separate constitution, a state flag and autonomy
over the internal administration of the state. This article, along with
Article 35A, defined that the Jammu and Kashmir state’s residents live
under a separate set of laws, including those related to citizenship,
ownership of property, and fundamental rights, as compared to
resident of other Indian states.
On 6th August 2019, both houses of Parliament and the President
passed the resolutions declaring all the clauses of Article 370 to be
inoperative. This revolutionary action will definitely produce fruitful
results. As the credibility of Jammu and Kashmir’s main political parties
have reached the lowest, the separatist leadership who are self-
surviving puppets of Pakistan were exploring the youth minds of
Kashmir. The ineffective and corrupt malgovernance had hollowed
Jammu and Kashmir out of any positive aspirations. It was only the
political and policy inertia that was keeping Indian policymakers from
challenging Article 370.
The minorities and socially and economically backward groups were
starving in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Revoking of the Article 370
will not only give them reservation but also help people from other
states of India to buy land or property in the state. The corruption was
at peak which resulted in people losing faith in government institutions
but now after Article 370 has been declared inoperative people will be
able to exercise right to information. It will help people know what is
going inside the government institutions which was the whole purpose
of Right to Information Act.
Now the state of Jammu and Kashmir will be divided in two Union
Territories namely Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. The people will be
able to vote in Assembly elections of Jammu and Kashmir every five
years. The Union Government can now implement welfare schemes
more properly and have the rights on police and other institutions from
the State list. Also for a hold on corruption now Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) and other investigation agencies can work freely in
Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier women rights were crushed as a woman
from Jammu and Kashmir could not marry a man from other state. Now
there will be gender equality which is a main part of the Indian
Constitution will be given to the women in Jammu and Kashmir.
At last I would repeat the quote by the Member of Parliament from the
Ladakh constituency that the revoking of special status of Jammu and
Kashmir is bad; but only for two families.