Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday announced the government’s decision to repeal Article 370, which gives Jammu and Kashmir special status, setting off an uproar in the Rajya Sabha. The Congress, the DMK and several other opposition parties had filed adjournment notices seeking answers from the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the crisis in the state. Reactions in Parliament Vaiko warned that Kashmir should not be allowed to become another Kosovo or South Sudan, while the Aam Aadmi Party supported the government’s move. Leaders detained, Valley on edgeRead More

The Rajya Sabha descended into chaos on Monday after the government proposed doing away with every provision of Article 370, the article that guarantees Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Under the plan, Ladakh would be carved out, and the two regions would each become a union territory. Protests and reactions Opposition MPs began protesting the moment Home Minister Amit Shah set out the proposal in the House. The decision also set off a wave of reactions on social media, with opinion on Twitter divided while the protests went on inRead More

On Monday the Union government put forward a Rajya Sabha resolution to repeal Article 370, under which Jammu and Kashmir has enjoyed special status. Home Minister Amit Shah also introduced a bill to divide the state into two union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. What was announced Amid rising tension in Jammu and Kashmir, Shah told the Upper House that Article 370 would stop applying from the date the President gives his assent. The provisions under the article, he said, would no longer be in force once the presidentialRead More

The Bahujan Samaj Party led by Mayawati and the YSR Congress Party have backed the Centre’s decision to revoke Article 370, which Home Minister Amit Shah introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday amid uproar in the House. Who supported the move BSP Rajya Sabha MP Satish Mishra spoke in favour of removing Article 370. The YSRCP, headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy, also lent its support to the government in the Upper House. Opposition criticism Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad strongly attacked the decision.Read More

Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti on Monday condemned the Modi government’s decision to scrap Article 370, calling it “the darkest day in Indian democracy”. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister made the remarks on Twitter shortly after the announcement in Parliament. Mufti’s response Mufti said the choice made by the state’s leadership in 1947 to reject the two-nation theory and side with India had backfired. She described the Centre’s unilateral step as illegal and unconstitutional and argued that it would turn India into an occupying force in theRead More