China's official news agency Xinhua on August 6, reported the abolition of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution "which guarantees a "special status" to Indian-controlled Kashmir" and claimed "as soon as the proposal was made, there was a pandemonium in the house." It said "political parties opposed to main ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Indian-controlled Kashmir have opposed the attempt to scrap the Article 370."  Xinhua covered Pakistan's reaction at length, reporting that Pakistan had "condemned India's move to abolish Kashmir's special status as "illegal," insisting it was an internationally recognized disputed territory" . It quoted the Pakistan Foreign Ministry as asserting that "No unilateral step by the Government of India can change this disputed status... As the party to this international dispute, Pakistan will exercise all possible options to counter the illegal steps." It added that the move, which Islamabad "strongly rejects and condemns," will not "ever be acceptable to the people of Jammu & Kashmir and Pakistan." Xinhua quoted the statement as saying "Pakistan reaffirms its abiding commitment to the Kashmir cause and its political, diplomatic and moral support to the people of Occupied Jammu and Kashmir for realization of their inalienable right to self-determination."