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People burn firecrackers, and distribute sweets in New Delhi after the government scrapped the special status for Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. August 5, 2019. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
Home Minister Amit Shah Monday told the Rajya Sabha that a gazetted order by the President has done away with the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir. He also introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill in Rajya Sabha which was passed the same day. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)
The Bill bifurcates the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories - Jammu and Kashmir, with a legislature, and Ladakh, without a legislature. The Bill is up for hearing in Lok Sabha today. BJP supporters in Shimla celebrated the development by bursting crackers and distributing sweets on Monday. (Express Photo by Pradeep Kumar)
A man celebrating the move offers sweets to Left leaders Annie Raja and Kavita Krishnan, who are seen standing in attention for the national anthem before their protest against the scrapping of special status at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Monday. Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal New Delhi 050819
Pune BJP leaders and party workers celebrated the decision at the party office on Shirole road on Monday. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)
People in Varanasi shouted slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai at the Ganga ghat after the scrapping of special status to Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo - Anand Singh)
Bhartiya Janta Yova Morcha Chandigarh distributed sweets to commuters after the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped on Monday, August 05. (Express photo by Jaipal Singh)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrated revocation of Article 370 in front of Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee's ancestral house in south Kolkata on Monday. (Express photo by Partha Paul)
Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor of the current Bhartiya Janta Party, had died on June 23, 1953 in Srinagar Jail. The BJP has held up Mookerjee's “sacrifice” as the reason and inspiration for its goal of uniting Jammu and Kashmir fully with the Indian Union. (Express photo by Partha Paul, Kolkata)
