Congress' Salman Khurshid Lauds Article 370 Abrogation (image grab: x.com/INCIndia)

Jakarta, Indonesia: Former External Affairs Minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Friday lauded the abrogation of Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir. According to the senior Congress leader, the revoking of the status has led to development and increased prosperity in the region.

Khurshid is currently Indonesia as part of an all-party delegation briefing countries on Operation Sindoor and India’s action and stance against cross-border terrorism.

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While addressing members of Indonesian think tanks and academia, Khurshid said: “Kashmir had a major problem for a long time. Much of that was reflected in the thinking of the government in an Article called 370 of the Constitution, which somehow gave an impression that it was separate from the rest of the country. But Article 370 was abrogated and it was finally put to an end.”

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Khurshid also asserted that India’s demand that Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) must be returned to India. He also underlined that there is an elected government in Kashmir with a 65 percent voter turnout. “There’s an elected government in Kashmir today and therefore for people to want to undo everything that has happened is unfortunate,” he said.

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The delegation is visiting Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore as part of briefing India’s regional security initiatives.