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Terming the abrogation of Article 370 the need of the hour for the unity and integrity of the nation, vice president M Venkaiah Naidu said that the move is not “communal” but is a matter of the country’s security.
“The scrapping of Article 370 was the need of the hour for the unity and integrity of the country. Article 370 was only a temporary provision. We will not allow anyone to interfere in the internal affairs of India,” a tweet on the vice president’s official Twitter account read.
The Hindi tweets were quoting Naidu’s speech at the first Balramji Dass Tandon Memorial Lecture, at Panjab University, in Chandigarh.
He said that the whole country is happy with the repeal of Article 370.
“It is a matter of unity, integrity, and security of the country. The matter is not communal… Some sections of Western media are spreading misleading propaganda on Section 370,” the vice president said.
धारा 370 को निरस्त करना देश की एकता और अखंडता के लिए समय की मांग थी। जम्मू कश्मीर का भारत में विलय ध्रुव सत्य है। धारा 370 केवल एक अस्थाई प्रावधान था। हम किसी को भी भारत के आंतरिक मामलों में दखल करने नहीं देंगे। #Article370Scrapped pic.twitter.com/DF8l2o3M1A
— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) August 14, 2019
He continued, “On the occasion of the Independence Day, we should take a resolution to free the country and society from social disorders like caste, gender discrimination, poverty, illiteracy with our common efforts.”
Naidu said that former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had termed Article 370 as a “temporary provision” and asserted that it is not a permanent part of the Constitution.
27 नवंबर 1963 को धारा 370 को निरस्त करने के मुद्दे पर जवाब देते हुए तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री पंडित नेहरू ने स्वयं कहा था कि धारा 370 महज एक अस्थाई प्रावधान है। वह संविधान का स्थाई भाग नहीं है। #Article370Scrapped
— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) August 14, 2019
“On 27 November 1963, while replying on the issue of repealing Section 370, then Prime Minister Pandit Nehru himself said that Article 370 is just a temporary provision. It is not a permanent part of the Constitution,” the vice president said.
