New Delhi, June 24 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar today said Article 370 and Article 35A bled Jammu and Kashmir and deprived people of basic human rights.

"We suffered from Article 370 for too long. It bled us and the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370 and the draconian Article 35A deprived people of their basic human rights and fundamental rights. We have a visionary Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and a Home Minister. Article 370 does not exist now in our Constitution. It was abrogated on 5th August 2019, and the legal challenge to the Supreme Court failed on 11 December 2023. I, therefore, cannot be at a more befitting place than this to pay tribute to one of the finest sons of our soil. My tributes to him," he said.

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