No separate flag for Jammu and Kashmir any more
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IBNS): With the Indian government scrapping the Article 370 to integrate Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country and bifurcate the state into two, the separate flag which the region has will cease to exist from now on.
Modi government and its move on J&K:
The politically-volatile and terrorism wracked Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, a bone of contention and military disputes for over seven decades between two nuclear armed neighbours of India and Pakistan, will not enjoy any special status anymore, as the ruling BJP-led government scrapped Article 370, in a move to integrate the Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country and bifurcate the state into two.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament that the government would scrap Article 370, the constitutional provision that allowed Jammu and Kashmir to make its own laws while massive troops deployment continued in the region where the local political leaders were put under house arrest since midnight.
Article 370 allows Jammu and Kashmir to have its own constitution, flag and right to handle its own laws except on matters that impact national security.
Also the BJP government on Monday announced to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories- Jammu and Kashmir with an assembly and Ladakh without an assembly. Thus Jammu and Kashmir loses its statehood.
The Modi government also scrapped Article 35A, which so far allowed the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and also provided special rights and privileges to those permanent residents, through the presidential order.
The Home Minister said the decisions have been taken in view of fulfilling the aspirations of people of Ladakh and the internal security in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Flag:
The flag of Jammu and Kashmir was the official flag of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India.
It consisted of the deep red field, representing labour, charged with a plough to represented agriculture.
Three stripes were found on the hoist side and represented the three regions of the state: Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
Jammu and Kashmir was permitted to fly its own state flag along with the national flag.
Jammu and Kashmir also had a separate constitution which worked under Article 370 of the Constitution of India.
This is due to the state's earlier special status under the Indian Constitution.
Image: Wikimedia Commons
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