Dynamite News PM Modi to address the nation at 8 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation in a special broadcast by All India Radio at 8 pm today.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation in a special broadcast by All India Radio at 8 pm today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation at 8 PM today. pic.twitter.com/knMUE5nFAq
— ANI (@ANI) August 8, 2019
During the address, PM Modi is expected to explain government's decisions on abrogating special status to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and splitting the state into two union territories, sources have said.
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The last time he addressed the nation was on March 27 during the Lok Sabha elections when he announced that India had demonstrated anti-satellite missile (A-Sat) capability by shooting down a live satellite.
Parliament on August 6 approved a resolution abrogating special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution. It also cleared a bill to split the state into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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The proposed address comes days before the prime minister's customary address to the nation on Independence Day from the ramparts of Red Fort. (PTI)