Srinagar: Kashmir separatist leader and Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday said the Supreme Court’s verdict on Article 370 was “sad” but not “unexpected”.
“370 verdict sad but not unexpected..Those people who at the time of the partition of the subcontinent, facilitated the accession of J&K and reposed their faith in the promises and assurances given to them by the Indian leadership must feel deeply betrayed,” Mirwaiz Manzil posted on X.
“For the rest the state as it existed in August 1947 remains divided on the ceasefire line, and hence continues to be a bleeding humanitarian and political issue, begging redressal,” it added.
The Supreme Court on Monday put a stamp of approval on the union government's decision on August 5, 2019 to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution of India that gave the erstwhile J&K state a special status.