On 5th May 2019, the central government of India through a presidential order scraped article 370 and 35A that gives the state of Jammu and Kashmir their special status along with with introducing Jammu and Kashmir re-organisation bill.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir was given following special status through article 370;
1. The state has its flag without the necessity of respecting our national flag.
2. The citizens of Jammu and Kashmir had dual citizenship; i.e. they were the citizens of both India and Jammu & Kashmir.
3. The Indian citizens didn’t have the right to vote in the state of Jammu & Kashmir as anyone outside of the state may not register on the voter's list.
4. The orders of the Supreme Court were not valid in the state.
5. Any Indian citizen who is not a citizen of Jammu & Kashmir could not buy any land in the state.
6. The parliament had limited rights to make laws for the state.
After revoking of article 370, the following changes are been made;
1. The state will not have its flag and respecting the Indian national flag will be mandatory.
2. There will be no dual citizenship. Every citizen of Jammu & Kashmir will be the citizen of India only.
3. Indians from other states can register themselves in the voters' list of Jammu & Kashmir.
4. The orders of the Supreme Court will be valid in the state.
5. Any Indian citizen can buy land in the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
6. The parliament will have full rights to make laws for the state.
President Rajendra Prasad included Article 35A in the constitution by presidential order in 1954. Based on this article, the state identified the local residence of the Jammu & Kashmir.
According to article 35A only those who are the citizen of Jammu & Kashmir on 14th May 1954 or staying in the state since the last ten years will be considered the local citizens of the state.
According to Section 3 of Article 370, this article can be revoked with a presidential order by the permission of the constituent assembly of Jammu & Kashmir. Jammu & Kashmir in the current state is under president's rule as the Legislative Assembly of the state was dissolved. This is the reason Article 370 is easily revoked through a presidential order.
It is to be noticed that Article 370 had three sections and only section 2 and section 3 are revoked. According to Section 1 of Article 370 Jammu & Kasmir is a part of India.
Article 370 & 35A has been scrapped and only the Jammu & Kashmir reorganization bill needs to be passed in the parliament. Home Minister Amit Shah presented this bill in the Rajya Sabha. The following changes will be made under this bill:
1. The state of Jammu & Kashmir will be divided into two union territories i.e. Jammu & Kasmir UT and Ladakh UT
2. The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir will have its legislation along with a deputy governor. The police and security will be with the central government.
3. The union territory of Ladakh will not have any legislation but only a governor.
4. After the reorganization of Jammu & Kashmir, India will have 28 states and 9 Union territories.
Our country can gain these benefits following the revoking of Article 370 and Article 35A;
1. Citizens of Indian will now get a chance to settle and extend their businesses in the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
2. There may be a rapid increase in the hotel industry as earlier there were many limitations.
3. Military spending will be less.
4. The separation of Ladakh will lead to its rapid development.
This decision by our Indian government is a big step in our country's history that will help our country to prosper.
This article is written for educational purposes, this is not for any kind of advertisement of the writer.
This article is written for educational purposes, this is not for any kind of advertisement of the writer.