Welcoming the protection granted to the sensitivities and special status of Jammu & Kashmir in today’s Presidential Order on GST, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti termed it as the victory of the democracy of the country and a tribute to the powers of the State Legislature.

Intervening during a discussion on GST in the Legislative Council today, the Chief Minister described the order as an important milestone in the constitutional relations between the State and the Centre. She said it is equally satisfying that for the first time in the State’s history that the sensitivities and concerns flagged by the Government and Legislature of the State were duly incorporated by the Centre while issuing the Presidential Order. “Otherwise during the last 70 years, unfortunately, central laws were extended to the State in a manner which raised doubts in the minds of many people here”,.