On one hand the governor’s administration is carrying out a hasty exercise to enforce constitutional amendments to shake the very foundation of article 370 and state subject laws in Jammu & Kashmir state and on the other hand it is kicking out top mainstream leaders out of the government bungalows but the heads of mainstream political parties have become just paper tigers by restricting their resistance and resentment to press statements and protest marches in high security zones. Though both mainstream leaders and leading constitutional experts of the state in their critical response to the extension of central ordinances on job reservations for SC and ST communities and economically underprivileged sections of the society to Jammu & Kashmir state in contravention of article 370 termed the governor’s recommendation and central government’s action an assault on constitution very much challengeable in the court of law. True it is that National Conference Vice President and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah promised to challenge the extension of central ordinances on governor’s recommendation on job reservation to Jammu & Kashmir in contravention of article 370 in the supreme court of the country but Omar is yet to drops hints about the possibility of engaging any supreme court lawyer in Delhi to challenge the extension of central ordinances on job reservations to Jammu & Kashmir state in the apex court of the country.
Had both National Conference and PDP mustered the courage to file a suit in the Supreme Court of India with a prayer for restraining the governor’s administration from carrying out constitutional amendments and tinker with the historical legislations, the central ordinances on job reservations won’t have been extended to Jammu & Kashmir in contravention of article 370 this time.
Unfortunately the PDP President Mehbooba Mufti is yet to react to growing public demand for challenging the challengeable extension of central ordinances to Jammu & Kashmir in contravention of article 370 in the supreme court of the country. Instead of challenging separately the extension of central ordinances to Jammu & Kashmir as they did in defending the article 35 A in the supreme court of the country better it would be for both the National Conference and the PDP to strike a common chord and challenge jointly the extension of recent central ordinances to Jammu & Kashmir in the apex court of the country. Had both National Conference and PDP mustered the courage to file a suit in the Supreme Court of India with a prayer for restraining the governor’s administration from carrying out constitutional amendments and tinker with the historical legislations, the central ordinances on job reservations won’t have been extended to Jammu & Kashmir in contravention of article 370 this time. Better late than never and better for Omar and Mehbooba to wake up from deep slumber and take the legal route to restrain governor’s administration from tinkering with the constitution and launch a counter offensive against the operation of the recent central ordinances on job reservations in contraventions of article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir state.
