Article 35a  

A Saudi newspaper Saudi Gazette has hailed the Modi-led Indian government for abrogation of articles 370 and 35A and the steps being taken to development the Union territory  
 

Rayees Ahmad, hailing from Srinagar has taken upon himself to serve people in the valley 

Defence minister Rajnath Singh hopes that one day PoK will yearn to be with India

Defence minister Rajnath Singh said that people of PoK will one day wish to be a part of India for the developmental works it has undertaken

Pakistan continues to spread hate against India and push terror on India’s soil. But it fails to realise that relinquishing terrorism will help it in the long run.  
 

In a shot in the arm for PM Modi, activists and journalists from Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan occupied Kashmir along with European Parliamentarians hailed the Indian government's decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution

Hitherto the abrogation of Articles 35A and 370, it was the non-Muslim minorities in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir who were getting a step-motherly treatment. But now with the abrogation in place, there is no barrier for Kashmir, writes Surinder Koul in the magazine Spade a Spade. The following article is an exact reproduction of the same. 

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for creating a “new paradise” in the Kashmir valley. The decision to revoke provisions under Article 370 was a decision for the unity of India, PM Modi said, in his speech while addressing a gathering in Nashik. 

China has made it clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping will not be discussing the Kashmir issue when they meet. Tension between India and Pakistan escalated after New Delhi revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status granted under Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution on August 5. 

Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s envoy to the United States has said that a section of American media is not correctly portraying the intention of abrogating Article 35A and 370.
 

“Article 371 won’t be touched,” declares Union Home Minister Amit Shah, amid the anxiety that 371 would also meet the same fate as Article 370 and 35A

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has maintained that even though communication lines suffered, it has ensured that there has been no loss of lives and added the supply of essential commodities like medicines was never hurt

It’s another embarrassing moment for the Congress as another Congressman, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has dissented against the party for not supporting abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A

 

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices SA Bobde and SA Najeer said, "We would like to give little time. We have read in newspaper today that landline and broadband connections are being restored gradually. Therefore, we will take up the petition with other connected matters," the bench said on petitions against the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A. 

Neelotpal Basu, polit bureau member of CPI(M) has said that the nuclear states (India and Pakistan) can’t settle things through military means as a reaction to India scrapping Articles 370 and 35A