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Delimitation exercise of Jammu and Kashmir to begin soon, Puducherry UT model to be emulated

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Delimitation exercise of Jammu and Kashmir to begin soon, Puducherry UT model to be emulated

In a historic move, Home Minister Amit Shah today announced a resolution assented by the President of the country, clearing the path for the abolition of Article 370 of the Indian constitution that granted Jammu and Kashmir a special status. Alongside, a bill to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir with legislature and Ladakh region as another Union Territory without legislature.

As per reports, on the passage of the bill, delimitation exercise will also soon be initiated in the state to demarcate Ladakh region from the original Jammu and Kashmir state. The exercise will be managed by the Election Commission of India and seats in the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly will be increased to 114 from 107.


The Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory will follow the UT model adopted by Puducherry which also has its own legislature. Provisions of Article 239A that are applicable to Puducherry will be applicable to the UT of Jammu and Kashmir as well.

The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, incorporated Puducherry as the ninth Union territory of India. The Clause 4 of the Bill sought to insert a new Article 239A in the Constitution, which would empower Parliament to create by law, Legislatures and Councils of Ministers for Union territories of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Goa, Daman and Diu and Puducherry. Jammu and Kashmir will now join this list of Union Territories.

The bill garnered overwhelming support from disparate political parties in the upper house of the parliament. Various political parties such as YSRCP, Shiv Sena, AAP, BSP, BJD and other regional parties have extended their support to the government on the Jammu and Kashmir bifurcation bill.

Indian Army and Air Force put on high alert, Delhi Metro on red alert following govt’s announcement on Article 370

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Indian Army and Air Force put on high alert, Delhi Metro on red alert following govt’s announcement on Article 370

The Modi Government has come up with a historic move to change Kashmir’s destiny by revoking Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Apart from this, the govt has announced to bifurcate the border state into two separate Union Territories – one for Ladakh without a Legislative Assembly, and another for Jammu and Kashmir with a legislative assembly with curtailed powers.

Following the revoking of Article 370 and other decisions announced by Government of India, the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force have been put on high alert, reports ANI.


Moreover, the Delhi Metro has also been put on a Red Alert. “As advised by security agencies, a red alert has been imposed on the entire DMRC network. Please allow extra time in security checks,” the DMRC said.


Meanwhile, as a precautionary measure, more troops have been sent to Kashmir. Close to 8,000 paramilitary troops were airlifted and moved in from Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and other parts of the country to the Kashmir valley. Troops induction still going on.

Hours before the announcement, section 144 CrPc was imposed in Srinagar with effect from 1200 Hrs on 5th August 2019 which shall remain in force till further orders.

It is notable here that the LoC between India and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir has been tensed since days as Pakistan has reportedly been attempting to send BAT personnel with Islamist terrorists into the valley. There have been reports of continuous shelling at the LoC.

Previously, the Amarnath Yatra had been cancelled following the discovery of American M-24 sniper and Pakistan made mine in a terrorist cache.

Mobile internet has been suspended in the Valley. As a preemptive measure, several political leaders, including Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone, have been put under house arrest while Army personnel have taken to the streets of Kashmir.

Schools and colleges in Jammu, Kishtwar, Resai, Doda and Udhampur districts were also ordered to remain closed on Monday.

Know the difference between the new union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

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Know the difference between the new union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

In a historic decision, the union government today decided to bifurcate the northernmost state of the country Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. Along with scrapping the Article 370 of the constitution that gave the state special status, the government decided that the state will be split into two regions, Jammu and Kashmir will be a union territory with a legislature, and Ladakh will be the other union territory without any legislature.

This decision reduces the number of states in India from 29 to 28 and increases the number of union territories from 7 to 9.

According to the Article 1 (1) of the Constitution of India says that India is a union of states, which includes states, union territories, and any other territory that may be acquired by India. The main difference between the two is that states are run by the respective state governments, while the union territories are areas under the administrative control of the central government.

But two of the union territories have the special privilege of having own legislature, National Territory of Delhi and Puducherry. These two union territories elect their legislators to the respective legislative assembly, and the party with a majority in the house forms a government, just like full-fledged states, but with some powers curtailed. The other five union territories, Andaman and Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Lakshadweep, don’t have any assembly and they are completely governed by the union government through the Lieutenant Governor. The governments of union territories with legislative assemblies have powers in most areas like full-fledged states, except control over police, law and order, municipal services and land.

Now the two newly formed union territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh will belong to both the categories. Jammu and Kashmir become a union territory with a legislature, which means it will have a legislative assembly, and a state government. But the Lieutenant Governor will have greater power compared to the current governor. On the hand, the Ladakh region will become a union territory but it will not have any legislative assembly and state government, it will be completely under the control of the central government and its representative Lieutenant Governor will run the administration of the region.

The most important implication of this decision is that the police force in the current state will come under the control of the Union Home Ministry. In Jammu and Kashmir union territory, a tug-of-war for power between the state government and the centre can be seen, just like Delhi. Ladakh will not have any such issue as there will be no state government or legislative assembly.

Blast from the past: These past tweets of Kashmiri politicians daring PM Modi to scrap Article 370 are amusing

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Blast from the past: These past tweets of Kashmiri politicians daring PM Modi to scrap Article 370 are amusing

The Narendra Modi led BJP government today corrected the 70 year old wrong by effectively revoking Article 370 making Kashmir part of India without any conditions and riders. Union Home Minister Amit Shah today in the Upper House of the Parliament moved the motion of integrating Kashmir by its decision on Article 370 and hence by default Article 35A.

While celebrations erupted across the country for the historic move, these old tweets of Kashmiri politicians taunting the government about removal of Article 370 are quite amusing to read.


The last chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (because the state is now bifurcated into Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh) Mehbooba Mufti’s tweets prior to the general elections are quite ‘amusing’, in her own words.


She had said that scrapping Article 370 is a ‘dream’. Guess dreams do come true.

Freelance protestor turned full-time politician Shehla Rashid had about a year ago dared ‘trolls ke papa’ to remove Article 370.


While on a discussion of airfares between Srinagar to Delhi and Mumbai, Rashid had dared ‘trolls ke papa’ (we are still not sure whom she meant) to remove Article 370. However, the man whose team ‘records it all’, was listening and her wish was fulfilled.


Bureaucrat turned politician Shah Faesal had offered PM Modi that he will watch PM Modi’s show with Bear Grylls if he ‘spares’ Article 370 and 35A.


Shah Faesal hasn’t yet updated whether he will still watch the show or not.

He had even threatened that the day Article 370 and Article 35A are scrapped, ‘we will move our watches 15 minutes away from Indian Standard Time’, instigating that the state of Kashmir will demand separate region and ‘independence’.


Well, that didn’t quite age well. Speaking of ageing well, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah had also echoed similar threats. That if Article 370 goes, Jammu and Kashmir will cease to be part of Indian State.


Except, with today’s proposal of revoking Article 370, Kashmir, which had riders attached to it, is now part of India without any conditions.

India is finally one.

As Kashmir issue grabs the nation’s eyeballs, liberals learn two new words, ‘vulture’ and ‘glee’

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As Kashmir issue grabs the nation’s eyeballs, liberals learn two new words, ‘vulture’ and ‘glee’

The buzzwords for today’s liberal meltdown appears to be ‘vultures’ and ‘glee’. Anyone who is looking forward to the decimation of Pakistan sponsored Jihad factory in Kashmir is a ‘vulture’, it is being claimed. According to them, it is morally reprehensible for Indians to feel buoyed by the prospect of the government strengthening India’s territorial integrity.

Liberals are using the abovementioned two words with such uniformity that social media users are bound to think whether the ‘words of the day’ and context has been circulated among their ilk in a planned manner. This was right before the Modi government’s historic decision to dilute Article 370 and also, declare Jammu and Kashmir as a Union Territory, as well as Ladakh as a UT without Legislation.


The message from liberals appears to be quite clear. They want Kashmir to remain a hotbed of terrorism and separatism for eternity. They do not wish to see a solution to the Kashmiri problem. For reason we can only speculate, liberals appear to have a vested interest in keeping Kashmir forever in the throes of Jihadists and Pakistan-friendly terrorists.

In a weird twist of events, people who are openly supporting toxic Islamist agenda veiled as ‘Kashmiriyat’ are accusing others of being vultures. It’s not too different from liberals calling Sindoor a Patriarchal conspiracy while vigorously defending the oppressive practice of Triple Talaq and Nikah Halala.

The Indian government has shown will of steel and abolished the most divisive Article 370 that gives Kashmir a special status. It is indeed a cause for great celebration as the sacred land of Kashmir will inevitably be culturally enriched with diversity by the settlement of citizens from the rest of the country.

That liberals are advocating for the preservation of toxic homogeneity in Kashmir only reveals the fact that they are defined by their utter lack of a moral compass. Diversity is our strength, they keep saying and yet, they want to deprive Kashmir of the source of their strength. They call people vultures for merely wanting to share the source of our strength with Kashmir.

The episode also demonstrates that Indian liberals love radical Islam a lot more than they love diversity or feminism or any liberal ideal. They are forever willing to sacrifice every liberal ideal at the altar of Jihad.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti warns about ‘catastrophic consequences’ of stripping Article 370, calls it ‘darkest day of Indian democracy’

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PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti warns about ‘catastrophic consequences’ of stripping Article 370, calls it ‘darkest day of Indian democracy’

In a historic announcement, Home Minister Amit Shah has announced in Rajya Sabha that the government has decided to strip Article 370 of the Constitution which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

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.

While the historic announcement would change Kashmir’s destiny, it was as usual not received well by the opposition. The announcement was immediately followed by a massive uproar in the Upper House with opposition MPs protesting in the Well of the House.

Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is currently addressing the House rues that by revoking Article 370 that accords special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP-led government has murdered the Consitution of India. “We stand by the constitution of India…we are willing to give up our lives for the constitution, but we condemn any act against the Constitution,” he says.

Meanwhile, the PDP chief, Mehbooba Mufti, who is currently under preemptive house arrest amid a massive security-built up back in the valley, took to Twitter to criticise the resolution. Condemning the ‘unilateral’ move as ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ and highlighting how this will have catastrophic consequences, Mufti writes that the government of India has failed in keeping its promises in Kashmir.

SS of Mehbooba Mufti’s tweet

Mehbooba has earlier warned in a language not dissimilar to Hafiz Saeed (LeT) and Masood Azhar (JeM). She said if Article 370 is abrogated, the whole India would burn; a typical “tukde-tukde gang” delusion.

This was not the first time either. She once tweeted that if Article 370 is scrapped, “Hindustan-waalon, tumhari-dastaan bhi na hogi dastaano mein” (O Indians, history wouldn’t even remember you once existed).

Meanwhile, India celebrates this is a historic day as Modi government has re-written Kashmir’s history. Now, Kashmir will be a part of India without any riders.

Ruckus in Rajya Sabha as Modi government strips Article 370, PDP MPs tear constitution and their Kurtas

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Ruckus in Rajya Sabha as Modi government strips Article 370, PDP MPs tear constitution and their Kurtas

The Upper House disintegrated into a ruckus following Home Miniter Amit Shah’s announcement that Article 370 has been stripped which grants special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir.

As Amit Shah made the announcement, opposition parties began to shout and raise slogans to protest against the historic decision to effectively make redundant Article 370 and make Jammu and Kashmir an Union Territory.

According to ANI, Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu expelled PDP’s Mir Fayaz and Nazir Ahmed Laway from the Rajya Sabha after they attempted to tear a copy of the constitution. They were dragged out of the Parliament by marshals.

PDP’s Rajya Sabha MPs Nazir Ahmad Laway and MM Fayaz continued their protest in Parliament premises after resolution revoking Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir moved by Home Minister. Shockingly, MM Fayaz also tore his kurta to protest against the historic decision.


Earlier in the day, India witnessed history being made. The Modi government, led by Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Rajya Sabha that Article 370 has been scrapped by Presidential order.

Amit Shah also moved a historic bill to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories. Jammu and Kashmir with a legislative assembly and the UT of Laddakh without an assembly.

This 2014 tweet storm by Omar Abdullah about Article 370 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not age well

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This 2014 tweet storm by Omar Abdullah about Article 370 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not age well

The Modi government has taken several historic decisions today. Led by Home Minister Amit Shah in the Parliament, the government introduced a bill to make Article 370 null and void. With that, Article 35A would also become redundant. In another massive move, the Modi government declared Jammu and Kashmir a Union Territory with Legislature and Ladakh a separate Union Territory without Legislature.

With this, the massive speculations regarding what the Modi government was planning in Kashmir has come to an end. Yesterday, top leaders of Kashmir including Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah under house arrest.

For as long as one can remember, the Modi government has stood by its decision to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A, however, several people including his ardent supporters did believe that this may as well just be a pipe dream. Proving his detractors wrong, the Modi, Shah and Doval trio have delivered on this long-standing promise and taken India to a new chapter of History – one of unification.

Other than his detractors who merely doubted the realisation of this promise, Omar Abdullah, who has been tweeting incoherently since the last night, had in 2014 published 3 tweets where he had not only questioned the intent of the Modi government but also challenged the state to repeal; these articles.

In his first tweet, Omar Abdullah had said that the MOS PMO has said that the process of discussion for the revocation of Article 370 has begun. He exclaimed that it was a ‘quick beginning’. This was right after the Modi government had come to power in 2014.


Then came the clincher. Omar Abdullah emphatically tweeted that long after the Modi government is a distant memory, either Jammu and Kashmir will not be a part of India or Article 370 will still exist.


He said Article 370 is the ‘only’ constitutional link between Kashmir and India.


With Article 370 gone, Omar Abdullah’s childish ‘challenge’ from 2014 is turning into a source of amusement.

Jammu and Kashmir is still a part of India. Will always be. Article 370 is gone and now, J&K is a Union Territory making the Czars who pandered to separatists redundant.

Article 370 effectively abolished: Home Minister Amit Shah moves resolution in Rajya Sabha abolishing Article 370 and bill to bifurcate J&K into two Union Territories

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Article 370 effectively abolished: Home Minister Amit Shah moves resolution in Rajya Sabha abolishing Article 370 and bill to bifurcate J&K into two Union Territories

Clearing the air on the Kashmir imbroglio, union Home Minister Amit Shah today moved a bill seeking to effectively abolish Article 370 in the upper house of the Indian parliament. With President’s assent, Article 370, which granted a special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir gas been scrapped from the Indian constitution.

The move comes amidst a looming uncertainty that had gripped the valley for past several days. An advisory was issued by the Jammu and Kashmir government to the Amarnath pilgrims and tourists to stall their visit further and return back as soon as possible. The Armed forces had also convened a presser a few days back revealing the heightened activities undertaken by terrorists across the border to incite tensions in the Valley. Yesterday, section 144 was imposed in the state and politicians and activists capable of whipping up anti-India sentiments were kept under house arrest.

With Article 370’s abolition, Article 35A has also been effectively rendered null and void. Article 370 had been an enabling legislation allowing the existence of Article 35A and bolstering its effectiveness.

Along with this, the government has also created two new Union Territories by bifurcating the state of Jammu and Kashmir:- Jammu and Kashmir (with Legislature) and Ladakh (without Legislature). In one fell swoop, the government has gotten rid of Nehru’s aching legacy.


Article 370 deems the state of Jammu and Kashmir as an autonomous state, while the article 35A, enacted by Presidential order in 1954, empowers the state’s legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and provide special rights and privileges to those permanent residents. The article 35A effectively proscribes Indians other than Kashmiris to acquire or hold land in the state.

Operation Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir to be a Union Territory with Legislature, Ladakh a Union Territory without Legislature

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Operation Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir to be a Union Territory with Legislature, Ladakh a Union Territory without Legislature

India has witnessed history being made. The Modi government, led by Home Minister Amit Shah moved Bill to scrap the divisive Article 370 that gave Jammu and Kashmir special status and a constitution of its own. In another massive move, Home Minister Amit Shah said that Jammu and Kashmir will be a Union Territory with Legislature and Ladakh will be a Union Territory without Legislature.

The Bill said that Ladakh is sparsely populated but has had a long-standing demand of getting th status of Union Territory. Because of the sparse population of Ladakh, it will now be a Union Territory without Legislature.

The Bill also said that Jammu and Kashmir would now be a Union Territory with the legislature. This is being done with a view of curtailing cross-border terrorism.

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