Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Sunday said Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which guarantees special status to Jammu and Kashmir, should be repealed and a Smart City should be built in the Kashmir Valley for the displaced Pandit community.
In an interaction with the media organised by Roots In Kashmir, Mr Kher, a Kashmiri Pandit himself, said "Personally, I feel that Article 370 should be abolished."
Arguing that Pandits can't return to their colonies where they once lived because most of the properties have either been burnt down or occupied, Mr Kher urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to construct a new Smart City for the Pandits.
"I request the (central) government to consider building this township as a Smart City. Some of the country's best doctors, educationists and IT professionals come from the Pandit community."
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Mr Kher condemned separatists as well as political parties of Kashmir for spreading falsehoods about the resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits.
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