{"id":11687,"date":"2026-02-07T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=11687"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:46:00","slug":"article-370-history-will-never-return-chugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/article-370-history-will-never-return-chugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 370 history, will never return: Chugh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jammu, Feb 07:\u00a0<\/strong>Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government is committed to women-led development and empowerment, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Saturday said Article 370 is a history now and will never return.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Mahila Samvad programme organised by the BJP Mahila Morcha at Karan Palace in Jammu, Chugh, who is also the J&amp;K Prabhari said, \u201cUnder Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s leadership, women empowerment has become a central pillar of governance and development across the country and the J&amp;K women are emerging as key partners in nation building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the government has transformed women empowerment from a slogan into a structured national mission through policies, welfare schemes, and socio-economic reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Chugh said the Union Budget 2026\u201327 reflects a strong focus on women-centric schemes, with special emphasis on education, skill development, and entrepreneurship, particularly for women from rural and border areas.<\/p>\n<p>Initiatives such as girls\u2019 hostels in every district, scholarships in technical education, and support for women entrepreneurs are creating new opportunities for young women to become self-reliant and contribute actively to national development.<\/p>\n<p>He said the abrogation of Article 370 was a historic step for women of Jammu and Kashmir, granting them constitutional rights that had been denied for decades. \u201cThe Article has become a history and will never return. Women now enjoy equal property rights and full legal protection under central laws related to domestic violence, dowry, and workplace safety,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Chugh said, \u201cWelfare schemes such as Jan Dhan Yojana, Ayushman Bharat, and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana have strengthened financial and healthcare security, ensuring dignity and social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted measures to increase women\u2019s participation in governance, including the Narishakti Vandan Adhiniyam, which will enhance representation in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies.<\/p>\n<p>Chugh added that programmes such as Mudra Yojana, Stand-Up India, and self-help group initiatives have enabled women to emerge as entrepreneurs and job creators, particularly in rural and agricultural sectors.<\/p>\n<p>He praised the BJP Mahila Morcha for its role in connecting government welfare schemes with beneficiaries at the grassroots level.<\/p>\n<p>Chugh said, \u201cEmpowered women lay the foundation of a strong nation. I am sure that women of Jammu and Kashmir will play a leading role in building a prosperous, peaceful, and self-reliant India under Prime Minister Modi\u2019s leadership.\u201d<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu, Feb 07:\u00a0Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government is committed to women-led development and empowerment, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Saturday said Article 370 is a history now and will never return. Addressing the Mahila Samvad programme organised by the BJP Mahila Morcha at Karan Palace in Jammu, Chugh, who is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11689,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11687\/revisions\/11689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}