Article 370: PM Modi to address nation at 8pm today

He is expected to explain government's decisions on abrogating special status to J&K

PTI7_24_2019_000229B Prime Minister Narendra Modi | PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8pm on Thursday evening, the PMO tweeted. The address will be a television broadcast and is expected to touch upon the Centre's controversial scrapping of Article 370 that awarded special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

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 Tuesday 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.

The proposed address comes days before the prime minister's customary address to the nation on Independence Day from the ramparts of Red Fort.