PM Modi's Address | HIGHLIGHTS: PM Terms Revocation Of Article 370 in Jammu And Kashmir ‘Historic’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a 40-minute long address to the nation, spoke at length on the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Explaining how the Article was obscuring the valley's path to development, PM Modi emphasised that doing away with the special status would help the residents of Jammu and Kashmir avail the benefits of government schemes as in other Union Territories. He also hinted that the Union territory status of Jammu and Kashmir is not permanent, while Ladakh will continue to be a UT. He also assured that residents will not face any difficulty in celebrating Eid.

08/08/2019 20:31:50

Assuring the people of Kashmir that their representatives will be elected by them, Prime Minister Modi said, “I want to assure residents of Kashmir that your representatives will be elected by you, from among you, there will continue to be a legislative assembly. We all want elections in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly soon.”

08/08/2019 20:27:22

Soon the process of filling vacant posts in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will begin. This will provide employment opportunities to the local youth. Center's public sector units and private sector companies will also be encouraged to provide jobs: PM Modi

08/08/2019 20:25:29

The people of Jammu and Kashmir will now be able to enjoy same rights and will avail the benefits of the government schemes, just like people in other states do. All the government employees in Jammu and Kashmir, including the employees of J&K Police, will avail the same benefits in other Union territories, says PM Modi

08/08/2019 20:13:54

There was never any discussion as to how article370 was adversely affecting the people of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh. And it is surprising, no one was able to really tell how did the article benefit the people: PM Modi

08/08/2019 20:08:16

42,000 innocent lives have been lost in the past three decades in the valley due to terrorism. Development of Jammu and Kashmir could not take place at a pace it should have. This move (scrapping of Article 370) will not only help in improving the present but also will help to secure the future of those living in Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi in his address to nation

08/08/2019 19:50:43

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08/08/2019 19:44:25

The proposed address comes days before the prime minister's customary address to the nation on Independence Day from the ramparts of Red Fort.

08/08/2019 19:38:30

The last time PM Modi addressed the nation was on March 27 during the Lok Sabha polls when he announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile (A-Sat) capability by shooting down a live satellite.

08/08/2019 19:38:04

This will be his first such address after coming back to power in the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

08/08/2019 19:30:31

Apart from the major developments in Kashmir and Ladakh, Prime Minister’s address to the nation may also deal with the 73rd Indepence Day of the country as it comes days before PM’s customary address from the ramparts of Red Fort.

08/08/2019 19:30:17

During the address he is expected to explain the government's decisions on abrogating special status to Jammu and Kashmir and splitting the state into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, sources said.

08/08/2019 19:43:53

On Tuesday, Parliament approved a resolution abrogating special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution. It also cleared a bill to split the state into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

08/08/2019 19:29:01

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Thursday at 8 pm, the PMO has said. ‘Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi will be addressing the nation at 8 PM today,’ it said in a tweet.

Background

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 pm  today where he is likely to explain about government's decision to revoke the special status  given to Jammu and Kashmir and also on splitting the state into two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Apart from the major political developments on Kashmir and Ladakh, Prime Minister's may also address the nation ahead of the 73rd  Indepence Day of the country. 

This will be his first such address after coming back to power 

"Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi will be addressing the nation at 8 PM today," it said in a tweet. PM Modi's address comes amid the divided opinion of the people across the country on the much controversial move tabled by Home Minister Amit Shah and passed by both the Houses earlier this week.

The last time PM Modi had addressed the nation was on March 27 during the Lok Sabha elections when he announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile (A-Sat) capability by shooting down a live satellite.

While several Opposition parties including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), YSR Congress Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), AIADMK, Shiv Sena and others backed government's decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress and other regional parties such as People's Democratic Party (PDP), National Conference, Janata Dal United, DMK, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) opposed the same.

Congress has termed the withdrawal of Jammu and Kashmir's special status and its bifurcation into two Union territories an exercise that did not take into account the repercussions of the decision. However, several senior leaders expressed dissent over Congress' opposition and broke party line to back the government on abrogation of Article 370.

While Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Lok Sabha strictly opposed the bill and questioned government over its intention behind revoking the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir, former MP from Madhya Pradesha and Rahul Gandhi's close aide Jyotiraditya Scindia supported the move. "I support the move on #JammuAndKashmir & #Ladakh and its full integration into union of India...the move is in country's interest" he tweeted.

Social media too looked divided over government undoing of a decision which was termed as an old 'Nehruvian blunder', not all think the move is for the benefit of the people of J&K. Fulfilling an electoral promise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in less than 90 days after the Modi 2.0 government took power, Shah had announced the decision in the Rajya Sabha, which approved both the resolution and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill.