Home Minister Amit Shah on August 5, announced the government's decision to scrap Article 370 and 35-A of the constitution. Article 370 grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and gives the power to the state legislature in defining its ‘permanent residents’ as also their privileges and rights.
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"Further, keeping in view the prevailing internal security situation, fuelled by cross border terrorism in the existing state of Jammu and Kashmir, a separate Union Territory for Jammu and Kashmir is being created. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be with the legislature," Home Minister Amit Shah explained in the Rajya Sabha.
After the bifurcation, the Union Territory of Ladakh will also function like that of Chandigarh which is directly controlled by the Central Government. Jammu and Kashmir on the other hand will have state-level elections and will function like Delhi.?
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With all these things going on, social media has been buzzing with multiple trends on Kashmir. While a lot of people - including those in Kashmir - are still trying to gauge what exactly is going on, social media has exploded with opinions and reactions to the decision. Alongside people who are critical of this move, there are those who are posting thank you messages for Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.?
While there were some who did not think this was a good idea as they said it is a ‘murder of democracy’, the others were really happy as they thought it was a really bold move by the Prime Minister.?
Some enthusiastic users also shared congratulatory memes after the historic announcement. So here are some of the reactions:?
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Currently the top trends on Twitter are all about Kashmir - ‘#KashmirHamaraHai’, ‘#Article370Scrapped’, ‘#KashmirMeinTiranga’, ‘#KashmirIntegrated’.?
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