BJP Scraps Article 370; PDP Parliamentarians Tear Off Indian Constitution in Rajya Sabha
Posted: 05 Aug 2019 07:26 AM PDTNEW DELHI, India—To permanently oppress the Kashmiri voice for freedom, the BJP led saffron Indian government has today scrapped Article 370 of the Indian constitution in which the residents of Kashmir were given special status. A presidential order called the “The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019” has been passed in this concern which supersedes the constitutional provisions extended to J&K in 1954.
Beside it, the Indian Home Minister also introduced a draft resolution to convert the entire J&K state into two Union territories namely Ladakh and J&K. It is learnt that the union territory of Ladakh will be directly governed by New Delhi while J&K division will be a separate union territory, but with the legislature.
Amit Shah faced sharp protest by the opposition as soon as he announced the introduction of this bill.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Leader of Opposition, said that the BJP is killing democracy and the Constitution.
The BJP’s move also came across an unprecedented uproar when two PDP members tore off the copies of Indian Constitution and raised anti-India slogans in the upper house of Indian parliament.
Shah also moved the J&K Reservation Bill for consideration and passage amid sloganeering.
Text of the resolutions presented in the upper house of Indian parliament by Home Minister Amit Shah:
(i)      “’That this House recommends the following public notification to be issued by the President of India under Article 370 (3):
‘In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (3) of article 370 read with clause (1) of article 370 of the Constitution of India, the President, on the recommendation of the Parliament, is pleased to declare that, as from 5th of August, 2019, all clauses of the said article 370 shall cease to be operative except clause (1) thereof which shall read as under, namely:
“All provisions of this Constitution, as amended from time to time, without any modifications or exceptions, shall apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir notwithstanding anything contrary contained in article 152 or article 308 or any other article of this Constitution or any other provision of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir or any law, document, judgement, ordinance, order, byelaw, rule, regulation, notification, custom or usage having the force of law i‘n the territory of India, or any other instrument, treaty or agreement as envisaged under article 363 or otherwise.”
(ii)     “That the President of India has referred the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 to this House under the proviso to article 3 of the Constitution of India for its views as this House is vested with the powers of the State Legislature of Jammu and Kashmir, as per proclamation of the President of India dated 19th”