Politics

Talking about the benefits of revoking Article 370, PM Narendra Modi said the direct impact of the step can be seen in the acceleration of the establishment of more IITs, AIIMS, anti-corruption bureaus, and other government projects.

While Congress state president KS Azhagiri said Vaiko became an RS MP with his party's support, the MDMK chief denied the claim and refused to take back his comments on Jawaharlal Nehru.

The Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by H D Kumaraswamy collapsed last month after the group of rebel MLAs resigned, reducing the government to a minority.

Ajit Pawar said the decision to abolish Article 370 was necessary to keep the country intact and create communal harmony. He said that its revocation would help integrate the country better.

Home Minister Amit Shah, while debating the issue of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, said Abdullah was not arrested or detained and the government can't bring him out of his house on gunpoint.

The Congress questioned the legality behind introducing the bills, even as Home Minister Amit Shah said nobody can stop the government from introducing a resolution on Kashmir in Parliament.

The Kumaraswamy led Congress-JD(S) coalition government collapsed on July 23 when it lost the trust vote.

Parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal said that in the last five years in the state, 71 cases of illegal diktat given by 'Khap Panchayats' were registered and 10 cases of honour killing occurred.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday announced the government’s decision to repeal Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, leading to uproar in the Rajya Sabha.

JD(U) Jharkhand unit chief Salkhan Murmu made the announcement here a day after he held deliberations with Bihar Chief Minsiter Nitish Kumar and the party's national vice president and poll strategist Prashant Kishor.

The all-party meeting on the prevailing situation in the Valley were earlier scheduled at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's residence. However, it was changed at the last moment and shifted to Abdullah's house as he was stated to be unwell.

Former BJP MLA Sengar has been behind the bars for over a year now and yet, his party till very recently had not dared to completely snap its ties with the tainted politician.

It is learnt that Bhagwat attended an informal meeting with the selected ‘karyakartas’ and inquired about the organisation’s expansion in Bengal.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal, however, said there was quorum and the House has sufficient members.

A demand to increase government spending on healthcare, improve cancer treatment and detection facilities and reducing the cost of cancer treatment and medicines was also suggested by various members.

The move comes two days after then Assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified the legislators under the anti-defection law till the end of the Assembly term in 2023.