New Delhi: Article 370 to be removed from Jammu and Kashmir. The special status given to Kashmir till now will be finished. Ladakh and Jammu Kashmir to be separate Union Territory, bill to be passed for it.
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 on 5th August 2019. Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature and Ladakh will be without a legislature.
After the order, there is a massive uproar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house. PDP ministers in the opposition protest against the decision, some leaders even tore off their clothes in the parliament for which they were taken out of the house. The opposition leaders continue to shout and try to cripple session of the house to suppress Home Minister Amit Shah from speaking. However it is not helping them much.
Article 370, which given a special status to Kashmir said that no non-resident of Kasmir cannot buy any land in the state. The priority of jobs is always given to the native of Jammu Kashmir. If a girl living in Jammu and Kashmir marries someone from outside the state the special rights given to her will be taken away is now abolished.
People of Kashmir are positive on the decision of taking down article 370. According to them it’s a new turn in the history of Kashmir and it will be beneficial for them.
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