To begin with, one needs to understand that there was nothing 'special' about the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir. The association of the word 'special' with the state of Jammu and Kashmir should have been revisited long back, at least in the academic circles. The only thing that was 'special' and rightly so, was the Constituent Assembly's response to the wishes of the erstwhile Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, recognition of the State's history and political inclination of the masses.