Pak will make noise over Art 370, India should remain alert even on ground: Ex-army chief Malik

India needs to be prepared not only diplomatically but also on the ground as Pakistan would "make noise" over the Centre's move to revoke provisions of Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, former army chief V P Malik said on Tuesday.

Speaking on the sidelines of a national seminar on India's National Security: Kargil to Present Times, Malik said the decision of the government was "correct and bold" and in the interest of the national security.

The government had on Monday revoked provisions of Article 370 to take away Jammu and Kashmir's special status, and proposed the bifurcation of the state into union territories -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh