J&K police joins Union Ministers in marking third anniversary of Article 370 revocation 

The official Twitter handle of the Jammu and Kashmir Police gave data on security situation in the Union Territory before and after August 5, 2019.

Departing from the relatively muted response to the August 5 anniversary of the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir over the last two years, several Union Ministers took to Twitter to mark the third year of the event on Friday.

Among those who posted tweets included the official handle of the Jammu and Kashmir Police which ferreted out data on security situation in the Union Territory before and after August 5, 2019.

The special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution was revoked by the Parliament on August 5, 2019 and the former State was split into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

In the past two years, the government has maintained a measured silence on the issue avoiding any major events or social media blitzkrieg. An official said Union ministers who were sent in batches to the newly created Union Territory in the past two years were asked to focus and speak only on issues of development.

On Friday, Commerce minister Piyush Goyal shared a 1.50-minute video clip that included an interview of Bhavna Thakar, a BJP member from Gujarat, where she reminisces a song by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 1990s to keep them motivated in their fight against Article 370.

“The official Twitter handle of Kashmir Police also joined the bandwagon by posting a message on “Security Scenario in Kashmir: Pre/Post Abrogation of Art-370.”

The data showed that from August 5, 2016-August 4, 2019 the number of law-and-order incidents reported in the Valley stood at 3,686 while 438 such incidents were reported from August 5, 2019-August 4, 2022. The post-2019 period includes the COVID-19 affected years of 2020 and 2021.