Kashmiri Pandits file application in SC supporting abrogation of Article 370

Days before when a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is slated to hear the batch of pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370, intervention applications have been filed by Kashmiri Pandits supporting the Centre’s 2019 move stripping special status accorded to erstwhile state of J&K.

One of the applications has been filed by Youth 4 Panun, through its Secretary, Vithal Chowdhary, a "victim of mass exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits from the valley of Kashmir".

Youth 4 Panun, focuses on bringing Kashmiri Hindu Youths together and making them work together "for the cause of their homeland".

The plea said that "Article 370 and Article 35A became a major reason for eroding the sentiment of Indian identity within the Kashmir Valley…. Article 370 and Article 35A were the biggest reason for the lack of psychological integration of the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir with the rest of India and became a breeding ground for separatist ideas leading to the ethnic cleansing of innocent Kashmiri Pandits".