Ep. 134: Kashmir and Article 370
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Unseen: A Brief History
In 1947 kashmir signed an instrument of accession to join the union of india. shay kabdula was then called to the constituent assembly and article 370 was formulated. It says that the government of india is empowered to legislate for the state of jimun kashmir on the three subjects of accession if it wants to extend any further provisions of the indian constitution to that state then article 370 is the vehicle through which those provisions can be extended, writes srinath raga. The ultimate body which decided which other provisions would be applicable to the state of jnk would be the state's own constituent assembly.
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