President of India Ram Nath Kovind issued a Presidential Order under the power of Article 370, overriding the prevailing 1954 Presidential Order, nullifying all the provisions of autonomy granted to the state. Home Minister Amit Shah introduced a Reorganisation Bill in the Indian Parliament, seeking to divide the state into two Union territories to be governed by a Lieutenant Governor. The bill was quickly passed in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house, with the support of regional parties before being presented to the Lok Sabha or lower house the next day.[1]