Abrogation of Art 370 need of the hour, says Venkiah Naidu

Chennai: Vice PresidentVice PresidentVice President Venkaiah Naidu yesterday spoke at length on the ongoing Kashmir issue and on the need to scrap the provisions of Article 370 to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

Naidu said that abrogation of Article 370 with respect to J&K was the need of the hour.

“It’s a good thing…We must always remember the history, analyse what happened, what not happened and then move forward. Abrogation of Article 370 is in the interest of the nation, its future, security, safety,” said Naidu.

He said that Article 370 should not be treated as a political issue as we should think in terms of national interest.