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/ , RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 01)#)0#2 %0.3455 6)67)'85 >*)"6 56 0 '27 9 . 9 25 0,5 5> 7 7 0 7 > 7 0 . 7 257 08 0 5 5.,5. 9 7 7 ?7 9 ? 0 *+( , :;% < *)$ ! " #$%& "#'()$ ! " #$ % !%& '( # Q R !" !" #$% &''(& he contentious Article 370 Tis part of the history now. In a predictable move after days !" # $ of troop buildup in the $! %& ' Kashmir valley, the Modi )) *!" Government on Monday '*" ! scrapped Article 370 to do *",) !' away with Jammu & Kashmir’s !"*!! special status and also proposed )!*!! the bifurcation of the State -,'!$ into two union territories, ! " Jammu & Kashmir, and .! !/ " Ladakh. 012*" By doing so, the BJP-led "! -, dispensation hopes to fulfill its poll promise and deal with a ))"*)" triumphant Home protracted militancy move- " *- AMinister Amit Shah on ment that has been ravaging ,) L M Monday termed the Modi the State for past three decades. voked outrage from the Shah also moved a Bill and after “normalcy” returns. !"L! M*! Government’s landmark deci- Union Home Minister National Conference and the proposing bifurcation of J&K The Government will not allow sion to scrap Article 370 of the Amit Shah announced the PDP, the principal political into two union territories — the situation to turn into union territories and cease Indian Constitution that gave decision in the Rajya Sabha, parties in Jammu & Kashmir. Jammu & Kashmir and another battle torn Kosovo, special rights enjoyed by its cit- special status to Jammu & which approved the resolu- According to the resolution Ladakh. The union territory in he said. izens on land, business and Kashmir as “historical” saying ) * ! + tion and the Jammu & Kashmir moved by the Home Minister, Ladakh will have no legislature The Government hopes employment. it came in the way of integra- ,-.P Reorganisation Bill. Both will Article 370 ceases to be oper- like Chandigarh. The other that abrogation of Article 370 As the Government moved tion of the State into India. 0 ! now come up in the Lok Sabha ative from Monday itself. “The union territory of Jammu & that accorded special status to a Bill to convert J&K into a While tabling the resolu- on Tuesday. President on the recommen- Kashmir will have a legislature Jammu & Kashmir and the union territory with an tion in the Rajya Sabha, Shah a united India. Congratulations Article 370 will be fulfilled. The Government’s effort to dation of Parliament is pleased like Delhi and Puducherry, consequential end of Article Assembly and a Lieutenant said Article 370 was intro- to the entire nation. Today, Shah, who received a tackle head-on the vexatious to declare as from 5th of where key subjects like law and 35A that defines the permanent Governor and thereby the duced in the Constitution on Modi Govt has corrected a standing ovation from his 72-year-old problem wrack- August 2019, all clauses of the order are with the Centre. residents of the State will help Centre wielding major power October 17, 1949, and almost long overdue historic wrong,” party colleagues when he ing the soul of the nation sent said Article 370 shall cease to Shah said full statehood in the integration of the erst- over it, the State has “lost” its 70-year-long provision led to Shah tweeted later congratu- entered the House minutes a wave of jubilation among BJP be operative...,” the resolution will be restored to Jammu & while J&K State into the Union privileged status like Assembly lack of development, corrup- lating Modi for “his unwaver- before proceedings in the Rajya supporters and others, but pro- stated. Kashmir at “appropriate time” of India like any other state or enjoying six-year tenure, out- tion and loot by “three families’ ing commitment towards Sabha commenced, termed siders not allowed to buy land for so long. ensuring unity and integrity of the move as “historical”. and Kashmiri women marry- Shah said decision to abro- our motherland”. In his half an hour reply, )* ing outside forfeiting their gate Article 370 ensures that The revocation comes Shah highlighted the “monu- # %$ rights over land in Kashmir. there will be no “do nishan, do against the backdrop of Shah mental injustices” of the past Twenty four seats which samvidhan” (two flags, two asserting during the election and presented the + fall in the Pakistan-occupied Constitutions) in Jammu & rallies before the recent Lok Government’s vision for the ,) Kashmir (PoK) shall remain Kashmir. “This decision is a Sabha elections that if his people of J&K in the Rajya !# $ &# vacant in new Assembly of J&K tribute to all the patriots who party retains power, the long Sabha in the presence of the PM. union territory. made the supreme sacrifice for standing demand for repealing Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 over India despite being of the Former Home Minister P same religion because he trust- Chidambaram said, “We antic- akistan Prime Minister he Congress, along with ed in our secular framework. ipated a misadventure, but did PImran Khan on Monday Tsome regional parties, on But, that trust has been bro- not think in our wildest termed India’s move to revoke Monday vehemently opposed ken,” Azad said. dreams that they will take Article 370 of the Constitution the Modi Government’s move “Lakh of people from the such a catastrophic step. Today which gave special status to to abolish the provision of the State, including political party is a black day in the constitu- Jammu & Kashmir as “illegal” Article 370 of the Indian leaders, sacrificed their lives to tional history of India.” and said it will “further deteri- Constitution, terming the deci- uphold the unity of India since Former Law Minister orate” relations between the sion as a “catastrophic step”. then and revoking the Article Kapil Sibal pointed several nuclear-capable neighbours. Registering his protest in is tantamount to ‘murder’ of flaws in the the Jammu & Imran made the remarks the Rajya Sabha, Leader of the Constitution,” said Azad. Kashmir Reorganisation Bill in while speaking separately with Opposition Ghulam Nabi He said the entire Kashmir the current format and said it his Malaysian counterpart Azad said Article 370 was his- valley is under curfew and will fail the test of judiciary if Mahathir Mohamad and torical as people of J&K joined three former Chief Ministers of challenged. Turkish President Recep Tayyip India in 1947 after then the State and political leaders Azad said the Government Erdogan. He said changing the Maharaja Hari Singh signed have been arrested. He want- had on Monday “cut off the status of Kashmir was “illegal the Instrument of Accession. ed the situation to be dis- head of India” and destroyed and a violation of UN resolu- “I say that Maharaja Hari cussed first before the resolu- the history of J&K for votes. tions”. Singh didn’t chose Pakistan tion was moved in Parliament. Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 ( people of Jammu & Kashmir had reposed in India when the wo former Chief Ministers State acceded to it in 1947”. Tof Jammu & Kashmir, “The decisions will have far Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba reaching and dangerous con- Mufti, were arrested within sequences. This is an aggres- hours after the Rajya Sabha on sion against people of the State Monday passed the Bill to as had been warned by all par- bifurcate State into two Union ties meeting in Srinagar on Territories (UTs). Sunday. A long and tough bat- According to official tle lies ahead,” he added. sources, first PDP chief Mehbooba, Omar Mehbooba Mufti was escorted Abdullah and Sajjad Lone, the to the State guest house by the three most prominent politi- security personnel and later cians from Jammu and Omar Abdullah was taken into Kashmir, were earlier placed police custody. under house arrest after mid- Early in the day, both these night on Sunday in an unprece- politicians had reacted adverse- dented lockdown. ly to the historic move of Mehbooba tweeted, “Today scrapping of Article 370. marks the darkest day in Indian Omar in a press statement democracy. Decision of J&K M N said, “The Government of leadership to reject 2 nation India (GOI)’s unilateral and theory in 1947 & align with ! "#$ shocking decisions today are a India has backfired.” %M "#$ N ' ‘total betrayal of trust’ that the Continued on Page 4 Q- R - .' R Bhopal: Saying that revoking Territories (UTs) saying J&K autonomy of J&K saying they are Modi and Home Minister Amit Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Ladakh have obtained inde- the people who do their politics Shah, Chouhan claimed the and Kashmir is a true tribute to pendence in true spirit today. in India and sing Pakistani tune decision on J&K has fulfilled one late Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Lauding Prime Minister all the time. The Opposition has nation- one law goal—one of the BJP general secretary Kailash Narendra Modi, Vijayvargiya been exposed, claimed the West prime objectives of Jan Sangh Vijayvargiya claimed that after claimed the incumbent PM has Bengal in charge of BJP in series since its inception. accomplishing ‘Mission rectified the mistake of the then of tweets. Former Madhya Former Lok Sabha speaker Kashmir’, now it is turn for Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Sumitra Mahajan reacting to ‘Mission Ram Temple’. Nehru. Alleging that the then PM Singh Chouhan also took to twit- the development said, “It’s the Now the work would start had committed mistake owing to ter saying now terrorism would first Government after inde- on Ram Temple, said appeasement tactic, the senior end in J&K and corruption pendence which thinks for the Vijayvargiya, who was in Ujjain BJP leader claimed that another would also be terminated.