After 70 years of long demand by Indian people finally Center Government in India scrapped Article 370 that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. There has been demand for the removal of Article 370 from long time. Now it’s the PM Modi Government who scrapped Article 370.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the government decision to scrap Article 370 in Rajya Sabha today by an order saying “it shall come into force at once".

Center will need two-thirds majority in both Houses to scrap the Article 370. With this Jammu and Kashmir will be governed by the Constitution of India.

Government decided to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two union territory governed by center government. The Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature and the  Ladakh will be without a legislature.

President Ram Nath Kovind has exercised his power under Clause 1 of Article 370.

“Under Article 370 there is a provision that the President may by public notification declare that this article shall cease to be operative… from such date as he may specify… Because there is President’s rule, all decisions of the Assembly will be taken by the House and we can pass the order with majority," Shah said in the Upper House.

Now Jammu  and Kashmir will be governed by constitutions of India.

Azad hit out at the Centre saying, “Today the BJP has murdered the Constitution as well as democracy by scrapping Article 370. The very Article that gave special status to J&K and linked it to the country has today been done away with mercilessly."

Shah responded to Azad saying, “This is not the truth. Article 370 has not linked J&K to India. It has only alienated J&K from the country. Only three families have looted the state and have benefited from it. The country wants to know why Article 370 was extended for so long, why people did not benefit from reservation, why so much money was pumped into J&K but why are the people still poor? Not a second should be wasted in removing Article 370."