LIVE! Advani pushes for repealing of Article 370
June 23, 2013  14:42
Senior BJP leader L K Advani today pushed for repealing Article 370 of the Constitution, saying it would help Jammu and Kashmir's full integration with India.

"The country eagerly awaits the day when Article 370 would be repealed and the two vidhans (Constitution) also would become one," Advani wrote in his blog to commemorate the 60th death anniversary of party's founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee.

Article 370 accords special Constitutional status on J&K and its abolition has been one of BJP's core demands.

The party had put the issue on back burner in its attempt to woo more allies, most of whom are wary of its Hindutva agenda.

In his blog titled 'Independent India's First Martyr for National Integration', the veteran leader said Mookerjee's death in controversial circumstances triggered a series of developments which significantly promoted the process of national integration.
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