00:00Article 370 was actually a political decision made by the Panditji after talking to Sheikh Saheb.
00:07It was temporary, transient, about which the Panditji said that it will be eroded.
00:15Sometimes, history will have to decide whether the Panditji's point of view on Jammu and Kashmir was right or Dr. Mukherjee's point of view was right.
00:26In relation to Article 370, Mr. Sunil Sethi, Mr. Nirmala and Mr. Arun Kumar have discussed in detail on various aspects.
00:38It is now time to understand its context and give an end to this debate.
00:46When political decisions are made, it is natural for history to make its own comment on it.
00:56Article 370 was actually a political decision made by the Panditji after talking to Sheikh Saheb.
01:03And there was a lot of opposition to this political decision at that time as well.
01:07If you look at the debates of the Constituent Assembly, the smallest and most limited debate on the provisions was on Article 370.
01:17The reason behind it was that the day this debate took place, the Panditji himself was not in the Constituent Assembly.
01:23Gopalaswami Ayyangar was told to keep it and almost all the members were told that there will be no debate on it.
01:32There were doubts and worries in the minds of the people that we are making a temporary arrangement.
01:40It will wither away. This was said in that small introductory speech by Gopalaswami Ayyangar.
01:47In total, the discussion is that a member from Junagadh stood up and said that if you are giving a special status for Kashmir, then you should give it for Junagadh as well.
01:58There was not much discussion on this.
02:00But it is the misfortune of this country that as history progressed and the distorted mentality that came into the politics of the country, it was considered a sacrosanct type of arrangement.
02:11Which was temporary, which was transient, about which the Panditji said that it will wither away.
02:19Today, it seems that it is so controversial that the thought and organization with which I am related, we are going to speak on this subject alone many times.
02:29Many of our close friends are also not ready to speak on it.
02:33But the nation's population is against it.
02:36And many times it seems that we take this subject and remain isolated, but this is splendid isolation.
02:44In which a very large class is on our side.
02:48And I always believe that someday history will have to decide that Panditji's point of view on Jammu and Kashmir was right or Dr. Mukherjee's point of view was right.
03:01And today when it has been more than 60 years, somewhere history has also had the opportunity to decide this.
