Yesterday, through a Presidential decree, Article 370 was stripped and a bill proposing bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir was passed in the Rajya Sabha.
Kashmir Reorganisation Bill stripping Article 370 and declaring JK as Union Territory was passed in Rajya Sabha with 125 Ayes and 61 Nos. It is currently being presented in the Lok Sabha.
Pakistan's foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood summoned Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ajay Bisaria on Monday to the Foreign Office over the abrogation of Article 370.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved the resolution to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, in Lok Sabha and to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning the Parliament's power to amend the status of the Jammu and Kashmir.
The only matter which is 'bilateral' with Pakistan is the disputed region which is illegally occupied by Pakistan. There, too, India maintains that that portion is a part of India.
TMC in the Parliament had yesterday opposed the move of diluting Article 370 in state of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The Telegraph headline screams "PARTITION". While the Telegraph prides itself in being cheeky with its headlines, at this historic moment, their headline should ideally amount of fanning tensions in the Indian State and toeing the Pakistan line.