Article 35a Row

Article 35A row: BJP to file defamation suit against Mehbooba Mufti; will take disciplinary action against dissenting MLA

Seeking to clarify that the remarks backing Article 35A was made only by Bhagat and not another BJP MLA Rajesh Gupta, the state BJP's chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi said Mehbooba wrongly attributed the remarks to both the legislators.

Jammu and Kashmir BJP 'open to debate' on scrapping Article 35A, says parties have taken 'anti-national' stand on issue

The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Saturday said the party was open to a debate over Article 35A of the Constitution, which confers special status to permanent residents of the state

Article 35A row: Petitions challenging special status of J&K push separatists into defending the Constitution they defy

The Hurriyat leaders in Kashmir have been refusing dialogue offers from the government saying that they would not hold talks under the Constitution of India, but the petitions challenging Article 35A has pushed them into defending a law that is part of the same Constitution