Govt. revokes Article 370 from J &K, bifurcates state into 2 UTs

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New Delhi : The NDA Government on August 5, 2019, revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu & Kashmir and proposed that the state be bifurcated into two union territories :  Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh. Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved a resolution in this regard in the Rajya Sabha stating that Article 370, which allowed Jammu & Kashmir to have its own Constitution, will no longer be applicable.

The Union Home Minister also moved a bill proposing bifurcation of the state of Jammu & Kashmir into two union territories — Jammu & Kashmir division, and Ladakh. Shah, who moved the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation bill, said the union territory in Ladakh will have no legislature like Chandigarh. The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir will have a legislature like Delhi and Puducherry.

NDA ally JD(U) boycotted the bill but BJD, BSP, AIADMK, and YSRCP supported it.