Under Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir had the autonomy to have its own constitution and flag, while Article 35A restricted non-residents from purchasing land or securing government jobs within the state (now designated as a Union Territory).
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, reacting to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the abrogation of Article 370, credited the development to the "iron will" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and "brilliant strategy" of Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, the Centre s key counsel in defending the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, said on Monday the Supreme Court verdict upholding the government s August 5, 2019, decision will go down in history as the one that corrected a Himalayan constitutional blunder of gigantic proportions.