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India's Modi revokes special status of Kashmir; troops, lockdowns & house arrests
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 74184357" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/article-370-what-is-happening-in-kashmir-india-revokes-special-status.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark" target="_blank"><em>The Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is in lockdown after the government revoked a special status granted to the troubled region.</em></a></p><p></p><p><em>On Monday, Interior Minister Amit Shah told India’s parliament that the federal government would scrap Article 370, a constitutional provision that grants special status and allows the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir to make its own laws</em></p><p></p><p><em>Article 370 of the Indian constitution carves out a special status to the state of J&K. It also limits the Indian parliament’s power to make laws for the state. In effect, the special status, which is described as “temporary” allows the state of Jammu & Kashmir to have its own constitution, its own flag and take decisions except for any matter that is related to defense and foreign affairs. The temporary provision was included in the constitution on 17 October, 1949.</em></p><p></p><p>Thus this provision has been part of India's constitution since the formation of modern India.</p><p></p><p><em>India has deployed tens of thousands of troops across the Kashmir valley in anticipation of a backlash of the revoke.</em></p><p></p><p><em>Indian authorities banned public movements, shut down schools and colleges indefinitely and put two former chief ministers of J&K — Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti — under house arrest ahead of the announcement.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>India’s government wants to strengthen its influence over its only Muslim-majority region.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Kashmir has been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan since the partition of British India into the two countries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 74184357, member: 294566"] [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/article-370-what-is-happening-in-kashmir-india-revokes-special-status.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark'][I]The Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is in lockdown after the government revoked a special status granted to the troubled region.[/I][/URL] [I]On Monday, Interior Minister Amit Shah told India’s parliament that the federal government would scrap Article 370, a constitutional provision that grants special status and allows the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir to make its own laws[/I] [I]Article 370 of the Indian constitution carves out a special status to the state of J&K. It also limits the Indian parliament’s power to make laws for the state. In effect, the special status, which is described as “temporary” allows the state of Jammu & Kashmir to have its own constitution, its own flag and take decisions except for any matter that is related to defense and foreign affairs. The temporary provision was included in the constitution on 17 October, 1949.[/I] Thus this provision has been part of India's constitution since the formation of modern India. [I]India has deployed tens of thousands of troops across the Kashmir valley in anticipation of a backlash of the revoke.[/I] [I]Indian authorities banned public movements, shut down schools and colleges indefinitely and put two former chief ministers of J&K — Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti — under house arrest ahead of the announcement. India’s government wants to strengthen its influence over its only Muslim-majority region. [/I] Kashmir has been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan since the partition of British India into the two countries. [/QUOTE]
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