Source: – @surjitbhalla / Twitter.
WhatsApp from Ashok Chowgule: "When Jawharlal Nehru was the prime minster, Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted to introduce a private member bill to scrap Article 370. Nehru dissuaded him by saying that many of the provisions that existed at the time the Constitution was framed
— Surjit Bhalla (@surjitbhalla) August 5, 2019
had already been removed, and so will the rest. The words used by Nehru were: “Ghiste, ghiste ghis jayega” (It is getting eroded.) Arun Shourie had written an article with this title.
The wishes of Nehru and Vajpayee have now been fulfilled."
— Surjit Bhalla (@surjitbhalla) August 5, 2019