16/02/2025
KATRA, Feb 15: A new journey began in Jammu and Kashmir after the “historic” abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 with the sacred region no longer considered a conflict zone and the hopes of its people soaring high, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Saturday.
In an apparent reference to BJP ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Dhankhar said a great son of the soil once voiced the demand for ‘Ek Desh Mein Ek Nishan, Ek Vidhan, Ek Pradhan’ and that dream has been accomplished after the abrogation of Article 370 which granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Where there was once disorder, we now witness real order and stability,” the vice-president said while addressing a gathering during the 10th convocation ceremony of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) here.
“The aspirations of generations found wings when the constitutional walls of separation crumbled in 2019 with the historic abrogation of Article 370. In the sacred land of Mata Vaishno Devi, a...