In view of the historic case being argued before the Supreme Court on the legality of the abrogation of Article 370, I reproduce below an essay on the genesis of this bond of faith between India and the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the historical perspective of the times and circumstances in which the Article was enacted. This piece was published almost a month before the abolition of the Article on August 5, 2019.
The recent Supreme Court order immediately puts Rahul back as an MP, though it has to be seen whether he can attend Parliament during the no-confidence motion deliberations on August 8, 9 and 10. That will depend on when Speaker Om Birla allows the Lok Sabha Secretariat’s notice to take effect