JAMMU LINKS NEWS | A senior PDP leader today claimed that the majority of people in Jammu were against the scrapping of Article 35A of the Constitution which gives special rights and privileges to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

A misconception is being deliberately created that the people of Jammu are in favour of the revocation of the Article 35A,' additional spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Abhijeet Jasrotia told reporters here.

'Like the people of Kashmir and Ladakh region, almost all Dogras are in favour of continuation of the constitutional provision,' he added.

Jasrotia said the residents of Jammu region especially the Dogras were mature enough to understand the threat to their next generation if the act was revoked.

I am myself a Dogra and we are fully aware of the challenges the revocation of the constitutional provision poses. We will not allow this provision to go on the demand of a small group, the PDP leader said.

He said the act was enacted by Maharaja Hari Singh on the recommendation of Kashmiri Pandits and Dogras.

We honour (the) Maharaja and hold him in high esteem. He had come out with this act which is beneficial for us, he said..