Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday asked officials of union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh not to get misled by "disgruntled elements" and sought their support to Lieutenant Governors for success of the new administrative setups.
Singh said the reorganisation of J and K into two Union Territories has been done "diligently, seriously and very scientifically".
"Please do not get misguided by those disgruntled elements, who have themselves lost the weight. It (abrogation of article 370 and reorganisation of state into two UTs) is not causal decision but decision taken after serious thought", he said, while addressing a conference here.
"All this has been done diligently, seriously and very scientifically. Tremendous amount of consultations have been undertaken legally and otherwise before making these constitutional changes and also taking decision of declaring it as two UTs," Singh said.
"First time you have decisive action against militancy and this is going to be the