On Monday morning, Home Minister Amit Shah announced in Rajya Sabha that the government has decided to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, which now ceases to be a state. The government has announced its decision that the state would be bifurcated into two Union territories. The first would be called Jammu and Kashmir, which will have a legislature. The other will be Ladakh, which will not have a legislature.
Now, several Bollywood celebrities like Anupam Kher, Zaira Wasim, Gul Panag, Pooja Bedi, Raveena Tandon and Dia Mirza have reacted to the big news of today and posted tweets on Twitter regarding the same.
Here's what B-town stars tweeted:
Kashmir Solution has begun.
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) August 4, 2019
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— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) August 5, 2019
History unfolding in front of our eyes #Article370 #Article35A #kashmir
— kunal kohli (@kunalkohli) August 5, 2019
This too shall pass! #Kashmir
— Zaira Wasim (@ZairaWasimmm) August 4, 2019
Said this 5years ago and I guess the time has finally come. One Country, One system. #OneCountryOneSystem #Article370 https://t.co/174Ua3UT7u
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) August 5, 2019
Article 370 was temporary & transient. Watch #SushilPandit explain it so clearly. Here's a link. +link to the print version.
What we should be questioning is why something that was "temporary" lasted 60 years!! https://t.co/u5pKymut6qhttps://t.co/IgZjILZo6G#kashmiroperation— Pooja Bedi (@poojabeditweets) August 5, 2019
Sau sau Salaam aapko ! pic.twitter.com/OnFcMlM5T0
— Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) August 5, 2019
For the unversed, Section 144 has been imposed in the valley since midnight, as a result of which internet and mobile services have been suspended. Public gatherings have also been banned. Three of Jammu and Kashmir's prominent politicians — Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Sajjad Lone -- have been put under house arrest.
(Source: Twitter/Inputs from IANS)