Article 370: How Modi govt changed status of Kashmir a year ago
India TodayExactly a year ago, the Narendra Modi government brought two resolutions related to Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370, combined with Article 35A, accorded Jammu and Kashmir special status under the Constitution of India, allowing it to have a separate constitution and a separate penal code among other legal distinctions. Interestingly, Article 370 describes itself as a temporary provision in relation to Jammu and Kashmir but it continued for almost 70 years until Union Home Minister Amit Shah brought resolutions in Parliament on August 5 last year. The fresh presidential order that President Ram Nath Kovind issued as recommended by the Modi government, said the notification was issued "with the concurrence of the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir". The Presidential Order of 2019 superseded the one from 1954, bringing an end to the separate constitution of Jammu and Kashmir and with it, the special status it enjoyed for nearly seven decades Once Parliament gave its nod separately in both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, Article 370 lost its special relevance to Jammu and Kashmir.