Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said in Rajya Sabha that the controversial Article 370 would be revoked. Jammu & Kashmir will be a Union Territory with legislature. "Keeping in view the prevailing internal security situation, fuelled by cross border terrorism in the existing state of J&K, a separate UK for J&K is being created," the Government today said.

Furthermore, Ladakh (a region in J&K) would be made a Union Territory without a legislature. "Ladakh is a sparsely populated large area with difficult terrain. There has been a long-pending demand of people of Ladakh to give it the status of a UT to enable them to realize their aspirations," the government notification said.

What about Article 35A? "Since #Article 35A stems from #Article370 in an annexure to Constitution, it too will become invalid," says Minhaz Merchant, an analyst.