India, Feb. 15 -- Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said that the special status for Jammu and Kashmir was a temporary provision in the Constitution and that the "walls of separation" had crumbled with the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.

Addressing the 10th convocation of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University at Kakryal in Reasi, Dhankhar said, "The aspirations of generations found wings when the constitutional walls of separation crumbled in 2019 with the historic abrogation of Article 370. In the sacred land of Mata Vaishno Devi, a new pilgrimage began, the journey from isolation to integration."

On Article 370, he said, "Dr B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, drafted all articles except Article 370. I wou...