Today in Parliament, the statutory resolution on extending President’s rule by another six months with effect from July 3, 2019, was approved by Rajya Sabha.
The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was also passed by the Upper House. The bill proposes to give quota benefits in jobs and educational institutions to people living near the state’s International Border.
On extending the President’s rule in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the Centre has no option but to extend the rule for six months as the Election Commission intends to hold assembly polls there towards the end of the year.
Here are some major updates:
- The statutory resolution on extending President’s rule by another six months with effect from July 3, 2019 was approved by Rajya Sabha.
2. J&K Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has also been passed in the Upper house.
3. Replying to Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Home Minister Amit Shah said, “We don’t prefer ruling through president’s rule in J&K as you said, with God’s grace and Modi ji’s popularity we have enough state govts, 16 in total. So, it was due to security concerns that elections were not held”.
HM Amit Shah: Azad sahab(Ghulam Nabi Azad) we don’t prefer ruling through president’s rule in J&K as you said, with god’s grace and Modi ji’s popularity we have enough state govts, 16 in total. So, it was due to security concerns that elections were not held pic.twitter.com/WtbDD3LQ1z
— ANI (@ANI) July 1, 2019
4. Shah also said that elections in J&K were not held along with the Lok Sabha polls due to security concerns. He added that the BJP ended its alliance with the PDP for the people of Kashmir.
5. Extending his support for the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that not only does he support the bill, but demands that quota should be raised to 5-6 per cent instead of three percent.
6. Shah also said: “Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said that solution of Kashmir’s problem should be in “Jamuriyat, Kashmiriyat, & insaniyat”, I reiterate today that Modi led government is also working on Atal ji’s path of “Jamuriyat, Kashmiriyat, & insaniyat.”
Union Home Minister #AmitShah in Rajya Sabha: Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said that solution of Kashmir’s problem should be in “Jamuriyat, Kashmiriyat, & insaniyat”, I reiterate today that Modi led government is also working on Atal ji’s path of “Jamuriyat, Kashmiriyat, & insaniyat” pic.twitter.com/v67mo64isj
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) July 1, 2019
7. Snapped ties with PDP when realised separatism was being encouraged: Shah
8. SP, TMC, BJP have extend their support to extension of President’s rule in J-K by 6 months.
9. Lok Sabha passes the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019.
10. AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that Article 370 is a waste of time to discuss who is behind the current condition of Jammu and Kashmir.
The ongoing Monsoon Session, which began on June 17, will continue till July 26. The first session of Lok Sabha will provide 30 sittings spread over 40 days in Lok Sabha and 27 sittings spread over 37 days sittings in the Rajya Sabha.
The Economic Survey will be presented on July 4 followed by the Union Budget for 2019-20 on July 5.
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