<span style="color: #222222;">Indian Americans have congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Home Minister Amit Shah for taking the bold step to revoke Article 370.<br />''<br />''US-based Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) said, the temporary constitutional provision had created a permanent situation of bloodshed in the Valley and choked prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir.<br />''<br />''It expressed hope that the newly-introduced Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation bill will bring peace and development in both J&K and Ladakh.<br />''<br />''President of American India Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Jagdish Sewhani said, it was long due but it took the courage and vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove this unjust provision. He said several Indian-Americans are ready to invest in tourism and other sectors of J&K and Laddakh.<br />''<br />''Indian American Forum for Political Education (IAFPE) president Sampat Shivangi said it is a historic and a very bold act Mr Modi and Mr Shah. Mr Shivangi said they have given a gift to the nation in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations on August 15. </span><br />