UPDATED: BREAKING: Article 370 & 35A Scrapped
Government in its integration process today scrapped Kashmir specific Article 370 & 35A, this was announced by Home Minister Amit Shah in the Rajya Sabha today. The special status enjoyed by the state has been dismantled. J&K is now a legislative "union territory". J&K and Ladakh to be Separate Union Territories. All 'Discriminatory' provision are gone. Amit Shah Moves Rajya Sabha To Scrap Article 370 & Article 35A, voting to take place soon
Aug 5, 2019
1:00 pm (IST)
Indian Army and Indian Air Force have been put on high alert, following revoking of Article 370 and other decisions announced by Government of India, news agency ANI reported.
UPDATE:
5-Aug-2019
12:25 pm
In an historic announcement with massive repercussions for Jammu and Kashmir, Home Minister Amit Shah has announced in Rajya Sabha that the government has decided to repeal Article 370 of the Constitution which grants special status to J&K. The government has also decided to bifurcate the state into two Union territories – Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh, which will be without a legislature.
Shah’s announcement was immediately followed by massive uproar in the Upper House with opposition MPs protesting in the Well of the House. Back in the Valley, three of Jammu and Kashmir's most prominent politicians — Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Sajjad Lone are under house arrest amid a massive security-built up in the state. Internet services and mobile services have been suspended in several places and all public gatherings are banned in Srinagar district as section 144 was imposed from midnight.
Making the announcement on bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir in Rajya Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the UT in Ladakh will have no legislature like Chandigarh while the other UT of Jammu and Kashmir will have a legislature like Delhi and Puducherry. Shah introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation bill.
In a surprise move, BSP Rajya Sabha MP Satish Mishra supported removal of Article 370.
Satish Chandra Mishra, BSP MP, in Rajya Sabha: Our party gives complete support. We want that the Bill be passed. Our party is not expressing any opposition to Article 370 Bill & the other Bill. pic.twitter.com/ajRNKwsUlf— ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2019
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