A day after President's rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir, chrous is now growing in Jammu region for the abrogation of Article 35A of the constitution which empowers the J&K legislature to define the permanent residents of the state.

The activists of Dogra Front, led by its president Ashok Gupta, staged massive protests in Jammu today and demanded the scrapping of Article 35A of the constitution. Raising slogans, the protesters said that now, since the state is under President's rule, the Modi government must bring an ordinance to repeal the contentious Article of the Constitution.

"Article 35A was incorporated into the Constitution through a Presidential order, but it was never ratified by the Parliament. Now, the state is under President's rule. President Ram Nath Kovind must bring an ordinance and scrap Article 35A. Modi government must fulfill its promise. It was part of their election manifesto that they will repeal Article 370 and 35A. Time has come to scrap Article 35A," Ashok Gupta, president, Dogra Front while speaking to India Today TV, said.

The protesters said that women of J&K and Valmiki community are facing discrimination due to Article 35A.

"On one hand, Modi government comes up with slogans like 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' and on the other hand, the women of J&K are being denied their rights due to Article 35A. The government must give justice to the women of J&K," Ashok Gupta, Dogra Front chief, added.

The protesters also slammed National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah for raising the bogey of autonomy and said that such a move will be dangerous for the nation's unity and integrity.

Remember, the issue of Article 35A is currently sub judice. A slew of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A have been filed in Supreme Court. The next hearing is going to take place in January 2019. The two regional parties of Kashmir -- National Conference and People's Democratic Party -- are opposed to the repealing of Article 35A and want it to be safeguarded.

Both these parties recently even boycotted the local bodies elections in the state over this issue, but, the social activists and many groups in Jammu region want the contentious Article 35A to be scrapped as they feel that it's discriminatory against the women and Valmiki Samaj.