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India abolishes special status for Kashmir
Amit Shah announces bifurcation of the state into two union territories
Published: August 05, 2019 00:09 Last updated: August 05, 2019 15:12IANS and AFP
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug 5, 2019.Image Credit: PTI
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Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament that the president had signed a decree abolishing Article 370 of the constitution giving special autonomy to the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.
The decree said the measure came into force "at once".
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947.
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The home minister also announced the bifurcation of the state in to two union territories.
J&K to be a union territory with legislature. Ladakh will also be a union territory without a legislature, reported Indian media.
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New Delhi has said the sweeping clampdown, enforced by tens of thousands of military reinforcements, was needed because of the "prevailing law and order situation".
But politicians said Modi could be about to change the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir and has ordered the measure over fears of unrest in the Muslim-majority territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan.
All phones, internet services and cable networks were snapped at midnight in the restive Himalayan region of more than seven million people following days of soaring tensions.
Only residents with a "curfew pass" were allowed on the streets.
NDTV, one of the rare broadcasters able to transmit from the main city Srinagar, showed empty streets dominated by security forces.
Ahead of the clampdown, India ordered thousands of tourists out of Kashmir saying there was a threat of militant attacks by Pakistan-backed groups.
Islamabad has denied the claim and in turn accused Modi of seeking to overturn the region's Muslim-majority by changing its status so more outsiders have the right to buy property and get jobs.
Thousands of paramilitary forces and riot police moved in around midnight, blocking roads with barbed wire and placing steel barricades across roads in several parts of Srinagar.
Scores of local politicians and two former chief ministers were placed under house arrest.
Kashmir has been in the grip of an insurgency for three decades which has left tens of thousands dead, mainly civilians.
Modi's Hindu nationalist government has said that changes to the constitutionally guaranteed job and property privileges for Kashmiris were needed to end the conflict.
It put Kashmir under direct rule from New Delhi last year after Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party ended a coalition with a local party in the state assembly.
India and Pakistan have controlled most of Kashmir since their independence in 1947. Each claims the other's sector and they have fought two of three wars over the territory.
Nearly 80,000 paramilitary forces have been flown into Kashmir in past 10 days, already the world's most militarised region where India has roughly 500,000 troops.
The security measures have sparked panic among residents, who formed long queues outside petrol stations, food stores and cash machines.
Pakistan rejects India's Kashmir order
Pakistan's foreign ministry has rejected India's revocation of a special status for the portion of disputed Kashmir that it controls.
The ministry said in a statement Monday that under UN Security Council resolutions India cannot change the status of Kashmir, which is claimed by both countries.
It said the people of Pakistan and Kashmir will not accept the Indian action, and that Pakistan will "exercise all possible options" to block it.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told a Pakistani TV station Monday from Saudi Arabia, that Pakistan would step up diplomatic efforts to prevent the revocation made by presidential order from coming into effect.
On Monday, India scrapped a constitutional provision that gave the state of Jammu and Kashmir its own constitution and broad decision-making rights
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India abolishes special status for Kashmir
Amit Shah announces bifurcation of the state into two union territories
Published: August 05, 2019 00:09 Last updated: August 05, 2019 15:12IANS and AFP
Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug 5, 2019.Image Credit: PTI
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Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament that the president had signed a decree abolishing Article 370 of the constitution giving special autonomy to the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.
The decree said the measure came into force "at once".
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence in 1947.
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The home minister also announced the bifurcation of the state in to two union territories.
J&K to be a union territory with legislature. Ladakh will also be a union territory without a legislature, reported Indian media.
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New Delhi has said the sweeping clampdown, enforced by tens of thousands of military reinforcements, was needed because of the "prevailing law and order situation".
But politicians said Modi could be about to change the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir and has ordered the measure over fears of unrest in the Muslim-majority territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan.
All phones, internet services and cable networks were snapped at midnight in the restive Himalayan region of more than seven million people following days of soaring tensions.
Only residents with a "curfew pass" were allowed on the streets.
NDTV, one of the rare broadcasters able to transmit from the main city Srinagar, showed empty streets dominated by security forces.
Ahead of the clampdown, India ordered thousands of tourists out of Kashmir saying there was a threat of militant attacks by Pakistan-backed groups.
Islamabad has denied the claim and in turn accused Modi of seeking to overturn the region's Muslim-majority by changing its status so more outsiders have the right to buy property and get jobs.
Thousands of paramilitary forces and riot police moved in around midnight, blocking roads with barbed wire and placing steel barricades across roads in several parts of Srinagar.
Scores of local politicians and two former chief ministers were placed under house arrest.
Kashmir has been in the grip of an insurgency for three decades which has left tens of thousands dead, mainly civilians.
Modi's Hindu nationalist government has said that changes to the constitutionally guaranteed job and property privileges for Kashmiris were needed to end the conflict.
It put Kashmir under direct rule from New Delhi last year after Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party ended a coalition with a local party in the state assembly.
India and Pakistan have controlled most of Kashmir since their independence in 1947. Each claims the other's sector and they have fought two of three wars over the territory.
Nearly 80,000 paramilitary forces have been flown into Kashmir in past 10 days, already the world's most militarised region where India has roughly 500,000 troops.
The security measures have sparked panic among residents, who formed long queues outside petrol stations, food stores and cash machines.
Pakistan rejects India's Kashmir order
Pakistan's foreign ministry has rejected India's revocation of a special status for the portion of disputed Kashmir that it controls.
The ministry said in a statement Monday that under UN Security Council resolutions India cannot change the status of Kashmir, which is claimed by both countries.
It said the people of Pakistan and Kashmir will not accept the Indian action, and that Pakistan will "exercise all possible options" to block it.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told a Pakistani TV station Monday from Saudi Arabia, that Pakistan would step up diplomatic efforts to prevent the revocation made by presidential order from coming into effect.
On Monday, India scrapped a constitutional provision that gave the state of Jammu and Kashmir its own constitution and broad decision-making rights
