Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address the nation on Thursday at 4 PM during which he is expected to talk about government's decision on scrapping the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir by modifying Article 370 of the Constitution and splitting the state into two Union Territories- Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
As the Union Cabinet proceeded to approve a proposal to honour BJP'soldest ideological commitment of stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its specialstatus on Wednesday, PM Modi advised his ministerial colleagues that there isno room for triumphalism and reminded them that it's now that the heavy-liftingbegins.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday announced the scrapping ofArticle 370 and that while Ladakh Union Territory will be without a legislatureand J&K will have a legislature.
