Led by its district president Sajjad Shaheen, scores of NC workers and supporters assembled in Banihal town, 126 kms from here on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, and raised slogans in support of Article 35A.
"Impairing this provision will amount to weakening the strong bonds between the state and the country," Shaheen said and cautioned the BJP against "any misadventure" on the matter.
"The PDP seems to be conniving with the BJP by not emphasising on the Centre to put up a strong counter in the apex court to safeguard Article 35A," he claimed.
An NGO has moved the Supreme Court seeking abrogation of the provision. The plea said the state government, under the guise of Article 35A and Article 370, which grants special autonomous status to the state, has been discriminating against non-residents who are debarred from buying properties, getting a government job or voting in the local elections.
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