7:36 PM
History created| Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization bill passed in Lok Sabha
The Jammu & Kashmir reorganization bill presented in Lok Sabha this morning has been passed with a massive mandate. As many as 370 voted in favour of passing the bill whereas 70 voted against it. Congress found itself divided in the house with major leaders including Jyotiraditya Scindia standing in support of it.
5:00 PM
BJP-led government has weakened the federal structure: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday slammed the BJP for the arrest of political leaders in Kashmir after abrogation of the Article 370 which gave Jammu and Kashmir a special status.
Singh flayed the arrests saying the same party had opposed the detention of political leaders during the 1975 Emergency.
4:47 PM
Amit Shah clarifies again that Farooq Abdullah has not been arrested
“I’m saying it for the 4th time, & I’ve the patience to say it for the 10th time,Farooq Abdullah has neither been detained nor arrested. If he isn’t well, doctors will take him to hospital. House shouldn’t worry. If he wasn’t well, he would not have come out”, he said.
4:40 PM
Sukhbir Singh Badal: The present PM has brought justice for Sikhs
Sukhbir Singh Badal in Lok Sabha: Minorities in Jammu and Kashmir were depressed. There was no Minority Commission in the state. All citizens should be able to buy property in Jammu and Kashmir. Citizens should be able to do business in Jammu and Kashmir. The present PM has brought justice for Sikhs. Under earlier governments, thousands of Sikhs were massacred and nothing was done to see justice delivered.
“I stand in support of the Bill scrapping Article 370. Punjab is the neighbour of Jammu and Kashmir. Punjab too has faced terrorism. After Partition, Punjab is the state that suffered the most due to terrorism. We believe in a strong and united India. We stand for the protection of minorities. A lot of protection has been given to the minorities”, he said.
4:00 PM
TMC leader supports BJP decision
“Decades-old Comedy of Errors are being rectified now,” Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, who is also the Trinamool Congress’s Chief Whip, tweeted after the Rajya Sabha passed the bill and resolution to reorganise Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories.
3:30 PM
Jamyang Tsering, BJP MP from Ladakh on Article 370
Jamyang Tsering, BJP MP from Ladakh in Lok Sabha on Article 370: “What will be lost with this decision? UPA gave Kashmir a central University in 2011, Jammu fought and took a central university. I was a Student Union leader. We demanded for a central university in Ladakh, but we didn’t get any. PM Modi recently gave us a university. ‘Modi Hai to Mumkin Hai,’ reports news agency ANI.
2:50 PM
#WATCH Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress: In this parliament in 1994, we adopted a resolution that Pakistan occupied Kashmir has to be restored. It has to be brought into the ambit of our country. Now once J&K has been bifurcated, what shall be the status of PoK? pic.twitter.com/AckFD8WmbH
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2019
2:40 PM
Ghulam Nabi Azad on party colleagues supporting Centre
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad slammed the party colleagues who have spoken in support of Centre’s move to scrap Article 370. “I am not concerned about those who know nothing about the history of Jammu and Kashmir,” reports news agency ANI.
2:30 PM
Farooq Abdullah Has Not Been Detained: Amit Shah
Amid questions, Amit Shah told the parliament today that Farooq Abdullah “has not been detained”.
1:45 PM
Mamata Banerjee opposes the bill
West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee opposes the bill and says, “We cannot support this bill. We cannot vote for this bill. If you need to arrive at a permanent solution, then you have to talk to all stakeholders. I have no information about Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. I appeal to the government that they should not feel isolated. They are not terrorists. They should be released in the interest of the democratic institutions.”
West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee: We cannot support this bill. We cannot vote for this bill. They should have spoken to all political parties and the Kashmiris. If you need to arrive at a permanent solution, then you have to talk to all stakeholders. #Article370 #JammuAndKashmir pic.twitter.com/dxIhH4QCOo
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2019
1:26 PM
Jitendra Singh accuses Congress of misusing Article 370
He said, “Syama Prasad Mookerjee died fighting against Article 370. We have got the opportunity to redeem ourselves after 70 years. Jawaharlal Nehru had himself said that Article 370 was temporary. If Nehru had allowed to deal with Jammu and Kashmir, as was done with other states, we wouldn’t have been discussing this now. We are unable to understand why Congress has an issue with this move knowing that we are completing what they had failed to. Congress had misused Article 370 for their own political benefits.”
01:03 PM
Raebareli MLA supports BJP
Aditi Singh, Congress MLA from Sonia Gandhi’s Lok Sabha constituency Rae Bareli said: “I’m in absolute support of the decision. It will help in integrating J&K into the mainstream. It’s a historic decision. It should not be politicised. As an MLA, in my capacity, I welcome this decision,” reports ANI. She is the Rae Bareli Sadar MLA.
12:40 AM
DMK demands answers on the arrest of political leaders in Kashmir
DMK leader, Thalikottai R. Baalu, questions the arrest of Mufti and Omar in J&K. “The House needs to know on what grounds Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah have been arrested.”
DMK leader, T R Baalu opposes the bill and said, he would have supported the bill had it not converted a strong state government in two municipalities.
12:25 AM
‘No info on Farooq Abdullah’, Lok Sabha member asks Speaker
As the Lok Sabha debated the government’s resolution to scrap Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and a bill to bifurcate the state, the absence of lawmaker from Kashmir Farooq Abdullah was raised in the House.
12:15 AM
Jawaharlal Nehru forced Article 370 on India: BJP
BJP MP from Jammu, Jugal Kishore Sharma said the Article 370, which gives special status to J&K, is a blot on history and has completely isolated the state. “What has Artixle 370 gives us? Jawaharlal Nehru forced Article 370 on India.”
12:00 AM
Congress MP Maish Tewari speaks up against the bill
11:40 AM
“Article 370(3) allows the President of India to issue a gazette notification and revoke the special status given under Article 370… that is what has been used to revoke the temporary special status given to J&K”: Amit Shah in Lok Sabha.
11:35 AM
Home Minister Amit Shah has moved two resolutions in Lok Sabha
11:30 AM
Home Minister Amit Shah explaining the legal and constitutional basis of the Reorganisation Bill says, “According to Presidential order from yesterday, by Article 370 (1d) all the Centre’s laws will apply to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. There is a resolution according to which using Article 370 (3), Article 370 can be scrapped.
11:25 AM
Amit Shah in his response to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says, “I’d like to clarify that Jammu and Kashmir is an essential part of the country, which is evident in both India’s and J&K’s constitutions…it is clearly mentioned that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. Hence, no one can stop us from adopting this move.
11:20 AM
“I don’t think you are thinking about PoK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir), you violated all rules and converted a state into a Union Territory overnight,” Adhir Chowdhury says.
“Do you not consider PoK as a part of India. We will give our lives for this region. The Jammu and Kashmir we talk about includes both Pak-occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin.”
11:15 AM
Amit Shah and Leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha Ranjan Chowdhury engage in a heated debate after the latter asks the Home Minister to clarify why the issue is being considered only as an internal matter and not a bilateral one.
11:00 AM
Home Minister Amit Shah moves the statutory resolution based on the Presidential Order scrapping Article 370, which accords special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
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