The held Kashmir simmers as all BJP strategies to control the situation have backfired. As it is, senior BJP leaders are repeatedly emphasising the party’s commitment to abrogate the Article 370 from the state.According to media reports, BJP President Amit Shah has said the party remains committed to remove the article from the state but their lack of majority in Rajya Sabha is the reason why it has not been done so far. Shah’s comments have been met with some sharp criticism from political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.

National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah says when India got independence, a Constitution was created in which certain provisions were kept by which the state’s identity could be safeguarded. “It included Article 370 and Article 35A. Unfortunately, some of our leaders made Article 370 hollow for their personal gains,” he said. His father and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah had even declared that the relationship between New Delhi and the state will be over if Article 370 was ever repealed. In any case, it is over.