News Topic:Article 370

Bhartiya Janata Party’s J&K unit has decided to mark the first anniversary of revocation of Article 370 with mega celebrations from August 05 for 15 days and the day first will witness unfurling of Tricolor in all zonal, tehsil and district headquarters.

Government has decided to release all political prisoners and lift curbs on the movement of political leaders ahead of Eid as a major confidence building measure after abrogation of Article 370.

Jammu and Kashmir Shiv Sena chief Manish Sahani on Tuesday accused the Central government of failing to deliver post the abrogation of Article 370, stating that the situation in Kashmir is not concealed from anyone.

For the first time since 1948, there was no holiday and official function to commemorate the Martyrs’ Day in Jammu and Kashmir.

Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary, Ram Madhav on Sunday said that abrogation of Article 370 was to end “terrorism and anti-national” activities in Jammu and Kashmir.

Barely a few hours after Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani parted ways from the “Hurriyat forum” on Monday, top BJP leaders while welcoming the move, said that the aged leader's resignation was the biggest benefit of Article 370 abrogation.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Monday backed the Kashmiri people’s demand for self-determination and rejected the Indian government’s decision to scrap the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, reported Hindustan Times.

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has welcomed the apparent shift in the BJP’s stand from belligerence to amity and peace, discernible from the recent statements of Shri Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, two senior Ministers in the Union Cabinet.