No civilian aware of move to scrap Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir, govt tells Rajya Sabha

Union minister Kishan Reddy said no civilian or journalist was privy to the event prior to the information being shared with Parliament on 5 August, 2019.

Security personnel stand guard during restrictions in Jammu (representational image) | PTI photo

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday denied that civilians, including a journalist, were privy to information related to the abrogation of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Central government got the approval of Parliament on August 5, 2019 for the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories.

No sir, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy told the Rajya Sabha when asked whether civilians, including a journalist, were privy to knowledge about the abrogation of Article 370 prior to the information being shared with Parliament on August 5, 2019.