In Photos: Article 370 Modified, Some Outraged and Some Rejoice

The situation in J&K has been very volatile in the past few days.

As the Centre revokes Article 370, some see this as move of national integration while some cry for help. 

(Photo Courtesy: AP/Altered by The Quint) 

CRPF personnel stand guard during restrictions at Raghunath Bazar in Jammu.

From the deployment of additional troops to instructing the Amarnath pilgrims and the tourists to vacate the Valley, the situation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been volatile in the past few days.

An atmosphere of fear and confusion loomed over the state as Section 144 was imposed, the Indian Army claimed that Pakistani terrorists were plotting to carry out an attack and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was put under house arrest.

Speculations were rife about Article 370 and Article 35(A) being abrogated and those were proved right on Monday, 5 August, when Union Home Minister Amit Shah effectively revoked Article 370, which confers special status to Jammu & Kashmir, through a Presidential Order. He also moved a Bill to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories – Jammu & Kashmir as one and Ladakh as the other.

Some Express Outrage While Others Celebrate

PDP MPs from Jammu and Kashmir, Fayaz Ahmad Mir and Nazir Ahmad Laway,  raise slogans during a protest.

PDP MP from Jammu and Kashmir, Fayaz Ahmad Mir, with his clothes torn, protests against the Union Government’s move on Article 370. 

Left party supporters and students shout slogans during a protest against the government’s effective revocation of Kashmir’s special Constitutional status in New Delhi.

Left party supporters and students shout slogans during a protest against the government’s effective revocation of Kashmir’s special Constitutional status in New Delhi.

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and other leaders look on as senior Congress leader P Chidambaram addresses the media regarding the Union Government’s move on Article 370. 

Bharatiya Janata Party workers celebrate the government’s decision to abolish Article 370 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. 

Party Workers celebrate BJP’s move in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

While roads of many parts of the country resounded with drums and hoots, roads of Jammu and Kashmir were eerily silent.

An Indian paramilitary soldier guards during security lockdown in Jammu, India. 

Indian police check identity of commuters during security lockdown in Jammu. 

Indian security men take shelter in front of closed shops as stranded tourists walk in the rain during security lockdown. 

Restrictions and night curfews were imposed in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir as the Valley remains on edge with authorities stepping up security deployment.

Army personnel stand guard during restrictions in Jammu. 

Stranded Indian tourists walk to a railway station during restrictions in Jammu.

Indian tourists wait for transport during restrictions in Jammu. 

(With inputs from PTI and AP)