Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday introduced a resolution in the Upper House seeking the abrogation of Article 370, the constitutional provision that gives Jammu and Kashmir special status. The government placed four bills and legislative proposals before the House and aimed to have the resolution passed the same day. Proceedings in Parliament Opposition members tried to interrupt as Shah read out the proposal, but he carried on with the remaining items. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi rebuked the opposition benches, saying, “Amit Shah is rectifying the historical blunder ofRead More

The Union government on Monday tabled a resolution in the Rajya Sabha to do away with Article 370 of the Constitution, the provision that grants Jammu and Kashmir its special status. The move drew a sharply divided response from political parties in the House. What Amit Shah proposed Home Minister Amit Shah told the Rajya Sabha that Ladakh would become a union territory without a legislature, whereas Jammu and Kashmir, also to become a union territory, would get its own legislature, similar to Delhi. Support and opposition The AIADMK, theRead More