Article 370

Subject – Polity

Context – War of words over Opposition’s silence on Article 370.

Concept –

On 5^thof August 2019, the President of India promulgated the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 2019.
The order effectively abrogates the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under the provision of Article 370– whereby provisions of the Constitution which were applicable to other states were not applicable to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
According to the Order, provisions of the Indian Constitution are now applicable in the State.
This Order comes into force “at once”, and shall “supersede the Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954.”
A separate Bill – the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019– was introduced to bifurcate the State into two separate union territories of Jammu and Kashmir (with legislature), and Ladakh (without legislature).
Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019was also introduced to extend the reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in educational institutions and government jobs in Jammu and Kashmir.