Recent changes made in J&K and Ladakh would be of immense benefit to those regions : Prez

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Patna : The President of India Ram Nath Kovind on August 14, 2019, expressed confidence that scrapping of provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories will be of immense benefit to people of those regions.

“I am confident that the recent changes made in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh would be of immense benefit to those regions. They will enable the people to access and enjoy the same rights, same privileges and same facilities as their fellow citizens in the rest of the country. These include progressive, egalitarian laws and provisions related to the Right to Education; accessing public information through the Right to Information; reservations in education and employment and other facilities for traditionally deprived communities; and justice for our daughters by abolishing unequal practices such as instant triple talaq,” President Kovind said delivering his Independence Day address to the nation,, according to a PIB release.

The President said earlier this summer, the people of India participated in the 17th general election, the largest democratic exercise in human history. ” For this I must congratulate our voters. They turned up at polling stations in large numbers and with much enthusiasm. They gave expression to their electoral right as well as their electoral responsibility. I am happy to note that the recently concluded session of Parliament saw lengthy and productive sittings of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Many important Bills were passed, in a spirit of cross-party cooperation and constructive debate. I am confident this is only an indicator of what the coming five years have in store. I also urge that this culture percolates to all our legislative assemblies,” he said.