EU MPs point at Pak for Kashmir terrorism |
The 23-member delegation of EU lawmakers blamed Pakistan on Wednesday for terrorism in India. Wrapping up their two-day Kashmir visit, they said the nullification of Article 370 was India`s “internal matter” and that they stood by India in its fight against terrorism. The delegation members said that terrorism was a “severe problem” in Kashmir. The EU lawmakers said they interacted with the youth, politicians, women and traders during their two-day stay in Kashmir. At the stroke of midnight, Wednesday-Thursday, the state of J&K will be bifurcated into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and of Ladakh. Jammu and Kashmir, which has been part of the Union of India since 1947, now ceases to be a state and is officially bifurcated into Union Territories. RK Mathur, as the new and first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh was sworn in by chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court Geeta Mittal in a simple ceremony. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the appointed day for the two UTs was October 31 and these came into existence at midnight (Wednesday-Thursday), nearly three months after the announcement in Rajya Sabha. The total number of states in India will now be 28 while the total UTs will go up to nine.
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