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New Delhi: Congress leader Manishankar Aiyar, speaking on Jammu and Kashmir, has said that the problems of the state can only be solved if there is a discussion on Article 370 and 35A. While speaking at the inaugural session of the '3rd Tourism Working Group Meeting' at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, G Kishan Reddy said, "Significant progress has been made …

Article 35A was a result of an understanding between the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and the erstwhile leader of the State Sheikh Abdullah. The literal wording of the Article reads as: Saving of laws with respect to permanent residents and their rights.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Constitution, no existing law in force in the State of Jammu and …

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said Article 35A, which restricts non-permanent residents to buy property in Jammu and Kashmir, is "constitutionally vulnerable" and also hampering economic development of the state. In a blog, Jaitley said the seven-decade history of the state of Jammu and Kashmir confronts changing India with several questions. The senior BJP leader and in-charge of the party's …