Special Provision For North East To Continue

Assuring that there will no be tinkering with special provisions of Northeast India, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Pema Khandu said the special provisions dealing with the welfare of North-Eastern regions and tribal areas contained in Articles 371 (a) to (j) are special provisions and not temporary, which will remain as it is. Khandu hailed the decision of the central government to abrogate Articles 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution that gave special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Speaking here at the 8th Rutum Kamgo Memorial Lecture on the topic ‘Abrogation of Article 370 and 35A: A step towards national integration’, he said that history has proved that the journey of the separate status provided under the said Article has been towards separatism and not integration.