Amid tension over Kashmir, PM Modi to address nation at 8 pm
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS): Amid tension over Jammu and Kashmir after it has lost its special status, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 pm on Thursday.
PMO India informed in a tweet, "Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi will be addressing the nation at 8 PM today."
Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi will be addressing the nation at 8 PM today.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) August 8, 2019
He is expected to address the nation over withdrawing the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and the bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories.
This will be the Prime Minister's first address to the public after his government scrapped Articles 370 and 35A through a presidential order.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre took away the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir with an assembly and Ladakh without an assembly.
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