Reacting to the Supreme Court’s Article 370 verdict, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti asserted that the ruling is tantamount to a "death sentence" and signifies “the defeat of the idea of India”.

The former chief minister, who has been placed under house arrest in her Srinagar residence, in a five-minute video message, expressed strong opposition to the Supreme Court’s Article 370 verdict, declaring the “unconstitutional act” in the Parliament as legal.