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New Delhi, Aug 19: Union Ministers Amit Shah and Manohar Lal Khattar arrive to attend the NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government is likely to introduce the J&K Reorganisation Constitutional Amendment in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, 20 August, sparking yet another buzz about ‘restoration of statehood’ to the erstwhile state – Jammu and Kashmir.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has written to the secretary-general of Lok Sabha Utpal Kumar Singh notifying him that he intends to move a Union Territory Administration (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the ongoing monsoon session of the parliament, according to a report in The Tribune.
Some reports suggested it would be about statehood restoration, but there was no official confirmation about what the bill would be about. Other reports said it might as well be about reorganisation, not restoration of statehood.
Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood was annulled on 5 August 2019 after Article 370 was abrogated. The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union Territories – J&K and Ladakh.
The reports said Shah has also marked the letter for the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, the legislative department of the Ministry of Law and Justice, the Lok Sabha Secretariat, and the legislative office of the Lok Sabha.
Shah also wrote to the Lok Sabha’s secretary-general to move an associated 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2025.(Agencies)
