approved legislation to divide the state of me into 2 territories. joining me now from delhi is one and so on if so what is the government hoping to achieve bundy s reorganization breaking up the state of jump me into 2 and how if people reacted to it. well under the rank and file off the ruling party in the many supporters of prime minister nouri in trouble the across the country have really and to see a sickly welcome this move to split bush meat off its autonomy you know the spontaneous street celebrations in some parts of the country and we have to remember that and repeated election manifestos the b.g.p. the ruling hindu nationalist party has really played to scrap bush needs special status you know they ve long this is a party that has really long argued that guaranteeing special status this article $370.00 which guarantees special status to kashmir has long been the biggest
out all peace loving people of the world must stand by us we demand that the pakistan government and army take bold steps in response on board to step in to give the. jubilation for hindu nationalists in delhi they say scrapping article $370.00 which gave kashmir its special status correct historic wrong. for the opposition and critics it sets a dangerous precedent we believe that the person should order on article t. 70 odd by them of the government is basically a constitutional cool this is an attack on the constitution and this is this amounts to bunning the bridges which collected push me through the rest of india. the disputed territory is now on lockdown. authorities have ordered thousands of indian and foreign tourists to get out major roads are sealed off and a curfew is in place all communications severed.
control only part of it china also claims a section. india says it s revoking article $370.00 of its constitution which gives the region more freedom to make its own laws compared to other indian states in neighboring pakistan politicians have been meeting to discuss their response should be it is no officially invaded by india it is illegal to. step it is unconstitutional. 370 was a part of basic structure of the indian constitution and was tight with the shmita dispute which is an international dispute so totally rejected we condemn it our residence in pakistani controlled kashmir has made that clear. kashmiri activists say they will do whatever it takes to oppose the changes this is a question of ours all political existence this is
the 1st of october chinese national day. joshua was activist and secretary general of the pro-democracy group demo sisto thank you so much thank you the political firestorm over kashmir is heating up after india provokes the region s special constitutional status india s hindu nationalist led government hailed the repeal of article $370.00 as an historic moment but pakistan s prime minister in one khan said that he will consider approaching the un security council over the move earlier pakistan s army said that it would go to any extent necessary to support the contested territory india s move has 5 tension between the nuclear armed neighbors. another day on lockdown in kashmir roads have been closed and communications cut off as indian troops moved in. kashmir shares a border with india and pakistan until long been a source of tension between the 2 nations both claim it as their territory but
kashmir is the only state in india where muslims are in a majority the hindu nationalist led indian government decision to scrap article $370.00 which allowed a high degree of autonomy is said to further inflame tensions for the very latest let s bring in jess when she s a correspondent in delhi minissha just for us though this is a very significant move no government in the past has dared to make this change the status of me what is the indian government hoping to achieve with this. well of the indian government led by the hindu nationalist party a democrat party is hoping to achieve a long stated goal of its own by the b j p one of the b.g.p. is long stated goals which is a complete integration of these see the scrapping of article 370 as a way to bring further into the domain of india because one of the provisions of