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LGs take charge in J&K, Ladakh
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- Jammu & Kashmir became the first State of the Indian Union to be reduced to a Union Territory (UT), with former IAS officer Girish Murmu being sworn in as its first Lieutenant Governor (LG) on Thursday. Bifurcated from the former State, Ladakh also became a UT, with former civil servant R.K. Mathur taking over as its LG in Leh.
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- Indian Union - 28 States & 9 UTs.
- Ex CM’s in Detention: Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti continue to be under detention from August 4, a day before the Rajya Sabha voted to end special status to J&K.
- No access to fixed line and mobile Internet services: Residents of the Valley continue to have no access to both, which were snapped on the midnight of August 4.
- Palpable anger on streets: A bunch of people said that ending the special status was an “act of betrayal” by the BJP government.
- Spontaneous action
(1) No bandh call given by separatists or militants, but people have spontaneously downed shutters in protest against the ending of our special status.
- Seats in Legislative Assembly in UT of J&K will have 114 members (107 earlier), & a Chief Minister
- UT of Ladakh to be controlled directly by the Lieutenant Governor.
Sources
The Hindu