Article 370 Revoked The Narendra Modi government has decided to revoke the Article 370 , which grants a special autonomous status in jammu and kashmir . WHAT IS ARTICLE 370 ? The Article specifies that Except for Defence ,Foreign affairs ,communication and ancillary matters , the parliament needs the government concurrence for applying all other laws. Thus the state residents lived under a separate set of laws , including those related to citizenship , ownership of property , and fundamental rights as compared to other Indian. Amit shah also presented resolution for reorganization of jammu and kashmir . Ladakh will be a separate union territory without a legislature while jammu and kashmir will be a union territory with legislature. This move of Narandra Modi came as surprise . Instead of scrapping Article 370 , They used the power given by same Article to the President to make the provision ineffective. otherwise , Scrapping of ...