New Delhi, Mar 22 (UNI) Opposing the attempts to turn the clock back to 1953, senior BJP Leader L K Advani today said the country wanted total abrogation of Article 370 according special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Writing in his b
log, Mr Advani, in the backdrop of a rally to commemorate the launch of a campaign in 1953 for the complete integration of the state of Jammu and Kashmir with India by installing a statue of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyma Prasad Mookherjee at Madhopur, the trijunction of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh states, Mr Advani said when people spoke of autonomy for Kashmir, they ment undoing of the provisions of the Constitution incorporated after 1953.
''They wanted scrapping of wholesome provisions of the Indian Constitution from being applied in the state of Jammu and Kashmir,'' he said.
Dr Mukherjee's death in prison after entering the state without a permit triggered a wave of protests in the country for the next two months from the night of June 23, 1953. The country was shocked to learn about Dr Mukherjee taking ill while in detention. Remaining bed ridden for a couple of days, he suddenly passed away and his body was being sent to Calcutta.
People's anger against his death had some immediate consequences. The permit system was abolished. By August 1953, the then government in the state was replaced by one led by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad.
In the following months, one after the other, several other separatist provisions, such as those relating to the National Tri-colour, to the office of President, to the Supreme Court, to the Election Commission and to the designation of Prime Minister - all were changed and J and K brought at par with other states in these matters, Mr Advani recalled.
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