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<ul><li>Congress has given adjournment motion notice in the Parliament, demanding an official statement over the <keyword id="64132" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kashmir-issue">Kashmir issue</keyword>. </li><li>Former chief ministers of Kashmir — Omar Abdullah and <keyword id="6375812" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="mehbooba-mufti">Mehbooba Mufti</keyword> — have been placed under house arrest. </li><li>Internet and mobile services have also been suspended in several areas the government imposed section 144 from midnight.</li></ul>Amid the rising tensions in the states of <keyword id="17605" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jammu-and-kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</keyword>, Congress MPs — including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K Suresh and Manish Tewari — have given adjournment motion notice in the lower house of the Parliament, demanding an official statement over the Kashmir issue, ANI reported. Nazir Ahmad of People’s Democratic Party has issued a zero hour notice in the Parliament. Meanwhile, the issue is also being addressed in upper house where Congress MPs — Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Ambika Soni, and Bhubaneswar Kalita have extended Adjournment Motion notice over Kashmir issue. This adjournment motion is available to draw the attention of the government and criticise its decision in an urgent matter for which a motion or resolution, with notice, would be too late, <a href="http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/general/1408616558_Primer%20on%20Parliamentary%20Procedures.pdf">according to PRS Legislative</a>. If the adjournment motion is accepted, the House adjourns after voting. The adoption of an adjournment motion is seen as a strong disagreement with government policy, although there is no compulsion on the government to resign. Notice of an adjournment motion is required to be given before 10 am on the day on which the motion is proposed. The Kashmir issue The notice comes in the backdrop of house arrest of the state’s former chief ministers — Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti — on Sunday night. “Will see everyone on the other side. Allah save us,” Abdullah tweeted. 
	
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 The Union Cabinet meeting will commence at 9:30 am today in Delhi. nion Home Minister <keyword id="6355521" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="amit-shah">Amit Shah</keyword> will make announcements on the escalating tensions in Kashmir in the Parliament today. The story so far On Friday (August 2) evening, the Indian government asked <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/the-india-pakistan-border-in-kashmir-is-simmering-again-thousands-of-amarnath-pilgrims-have-been-sent-back/articleshow/70500904.cms">thousands of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims</a> to leave Kashmir immediately citing a terror threat. Since then, the state has been in confusion and chaos. Making matters worse is a series of speculation by both <a href="https://twitter.com/SankarshanT/status/1157987037938511872">news outfits as well as on social media </a>that has led to people fearing the worst and hoarding food and necessities. The silence from the government in New Delhi, while building up troops in the valley, in the face of rampant speculation has added to the unease, particularly in the Kashmir valley, where Internet and mobile services have also been suspended in several areas as the government imposed section 144 from midnight on Monday.

India’s opposition wants Narendra Modi to reveal his Kashmir plan in Parliament

As tensions in Kashmir escalate, the Opposition Congress is making a move on the central government’s actions. According to ANI, Congress MPs — Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K Suresh, <keyword id="119952" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Manish-Tewari">Manish Tewari</keyword>, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Ambika Soni, and Bhubaneswar Kalita — have given adjournment motion notice over the Kashmir issue. What is an adjournment notice? An adjournment motion notice is given when a government policy is strongly disagreed. This will draw the attention of the government and criticise its decision in an urgent matter before it’s too late, <a href="http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/general/1408616558_Primer%20on%20Parliamentary%20Procedures.pdf">according to PRS Legislative</a>. If the adjournment motion is accepted, the House adjourns after voting. The adoption of an adjournment motion is seen as a strong disagreement with government policy, although there is no compulsion on the government to resign. Notice of an adjournment motion is required to be given before 10 am on the day on which the motion is proposed. Kashmir issue Since Friday, Kashmir has been on a high alert. The Indian government had cleared the state of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/the-india-pakistan-border-in-kashmir-is-simmering-again-thousands-of-amarnath-pilgrims-have-been-sent-back/articleshow/70500904.cms">Amarnath Yatra pilgrims</a> and students citing a terror threat. This was followed by surprising political moves like placing former <keyword id="17605" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jammu-and-kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</keyword> chief minister <keyword id="19464" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Omar-Abdullah">Omar Abdullah</keyword> and <keyword id="6375812" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="mehbooba-mufti">Mehbooba Mufti</keyword> under house arrest. Then came the communication censorship as Internet and mobile services were suspended in several areas. The government imposed Section 144 from midnight on Monday, where more than four people are not allowed to assemble. The notice aside, the Union Home Minister <keyword id="6355521" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="amit-shah">Amit Shah</keyword> will make an announcement on their plans for Kashmir in the Parliament shortly at around 11 am. There is heavy speculation that the government is all set to scrap Section 35A in the Himalayan state. The section disallows non-permanent residents to settle down, acquire property to avail of scholarships.

What is an adjournment notice that the Congress is demanding from Modi on J&K

New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Monsoon session of <keyword id="6354721" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="parliament" source="Orion">Parliament</keyword> begins on Thursday amidst outrage over the situation in <keyword id="6359754" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="manipur" source="Orion">Manipur</keyword> with the Opposition demanding a statement from the Prime Minister of India. Parliamentary Affairs Minister <keyword id="145705" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="prahlad-joshi" source="Orion">Prahlad Joshi</keyword> has said that 31 bills will be taken up in the monsoon session. Among these include the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023. Other important legislations that are expected to be taken up in the Session are the Bill to replace the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, promulgated in May this year. The ordinance deals with the control of services in Delhi and was promulgated after the Supreme Court verdict on an appeal by the Delhi government. Parliamentary Affairs Minister yesterday said that 34 parties and 44 leaders participated in the all-party meeting convened by the government for smooth conduct of the monsoon session which will continue to till August 11 and will have 17 sittings. Other Bills on the agenda of the government include Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019; DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019; Mediation Bill, 2021; Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 ; Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022; Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022; Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2023; Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023; Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Third Amendment) Bill, 2022 (with respect to State of Himachal Pradesh); Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2022 (with respect to State of Chhattisgarh); Postal Services Bill, 2023; National Cooperative University Bill, 2023; and Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2023. The list also includes International Monetary Fund and Bank Bill, 2023; Provisional Collection of Taxes Bill, 2023 18; the National Dental Commission Bill, 2023; National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Bill, 2023; Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2023; Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2023; <keyword id="6357972" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="jammu" source="Orion">Jammu</keyword> and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023; Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023; Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023; Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023; Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023. Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2023; National Research Foundation Bill, 2023; Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Castes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023; Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order (Amendment) Bill, 2023 are also among the 31 bills on the agenda of the government. Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, was approved by the Union Cabinet earlier this month. This government had withdrawn Personal Data Protection Bill from Parliament in August last and said that it will come up with a fresh bill. Supreme Court had ruled in 2017 that privacy is a fundamental right and the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, is a crucial pillar of the overarching framework of technology regulations being framed by the Centre. The previous version of the bill had come after an extensive consultation process with a Joint Parliamentary Committee also examining it. The government has held another round of consultations to frame the new bill. The Bill to replace the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, seeks to establish the National Capital Civil Services Authority, which consists of the Chief Minister, Chief Secretary of Delhi, Principal Home Secretary of Delhi. The Authority will make recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor (LG) regarding transfers and postings of officials and disciplinary matters. While the government is expected to give push to its legislative agenda, the Opposition parties have planned to raise several issues including Manipur violence, railway safety, unemployment, inflation, India-China border standoff and trade imbalance between the two countries. Pralhad Joshi said the government has sought the Opposition's support in the smooth functioning of the Parliament during the Monsoon Session. "The government is ready to discuss all issues in the Monsoon Session. We have appealed to the Opposition parties to support in the smooth functioning of the Parliament," Joshi said after the all-party meeting yesterday. Some of the parties have planned to move an adjournment motion over Manipur violence among other issues on day one of the Parliament's Monsoon Session today. The opposition insisted that the discussion should take place in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress on Wednesday said that the party will raise Manipur violence during the session. "Today, in the beginning (of the meeting), I kept my point. Our first issue is the violence in Manipur. Prime Minister should come and answer in Parliament. We will bring adjourment motion over the matter tomorrow," Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhary said after attending the all-party meeting. <keyword id="6355187" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="lok-sabha" source="Orion">Lok Sabha</keyword> Speaker Om Birla also chaired a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee ahead of the session. He said, leaders of all parties have assured cooperation in the proceedings of the House. (ANI)

Parliament Monsoon session begins today; 31 bills likely to be taken up

<ul><li>Masood Azharhas been designated as a terrorist by the United Nations.</li><li>Azhar has been responsible for multiple deadly terrorist attacks in India </li><li>India had renewed its bid to designate <keyword id="6459729" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="masood-azhar">Masood Azhar</keyword> as a global terrorist following a terror attack in Pulwama that killed over 44 paramilitary policemen</li></ul> Masood Azhar, the chief of Pakistan-based militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammad, has been designated as a terrorist by the United Nations. Azhar has been responsible for multiple deadly terrorist attacks in India, claiming the lives of hundreds in the country. India had renewed its bid to designate Masood Azhar as a global terrorist following a terror attack in Pulwama that killed over 44 paramilitary policemen on February 15, 2019. India accused Masood Azhar of training militants and planning several terror attacks in the country including the 2001 Parliament attack and the recent Pulwama attack. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has ties with other terror groups has ties with other groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. In 2002, The group was banned in Pakistan. However, US authorities have claimed that they have been carrying out there operation freely. The Indian security forces t<a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/averted-2-pulwama-like-attacks-security-forces-1477587-2019-03-14">racked down</a> 18 terrorists after Pulwama, 14 of which were from JeM. 2001 attack on Indian Parliament Parliament Terrorist groups Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba were also responsible for the attack on the Indian parliament in 2001. A group of armed terrorists had entered the Parliament of India, opening fire and killing nine. The terrorists also died in the encounter. Even though both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha had been adjourned before the attack took place, many Indian politicians were still believed to have been inside the building when the terrorists entered. 2008 - Mumbai attack Azhar was also responsible for the ghastly attacks in posh hotels and public places in Mumbai in 2008 that left at least 174 people dead. The attacks which were a series of shooting and bombing attacks had lasted for four days in November 2008, in Mumbai’s prime locations. The attack is still considered to be one of the most deadly ones in the world. 2016 - Pathankot air base attack Masood Azhar was also held responsible for being the mastermind of the terror attack that took place at Pathankot air base, in India, on 2 January 2016. The attack led to a breakdown in India-Pakistan relation that has been undergoing tussles over Kashmir from years. The attack initially killed four attackers and two security personnel with one more security personnel dying from injuries hours after the attack. 2019 - Pulwama attack Forty-five paramilitary soldiers lost their lives in Pulwama, Kashmir on Thursday in a terror attack. The Pulwama attack took place around 3.15 p.m. on 14 February 2019 when a 'Fidayeen' bomber belonging to the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terror outfit rammed an explosive-laden SUV into a bus carrying CRPF troopers in Lethpora area of Pulwama district on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway.

Masood Azhar's four deadliest attacks on India

A meeting of Speakers unanimously decided that India will boycott a <keyword id="2990273" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="commonwealth-parliamentary-union">Commonwealth Parliamentary Union</keyword> meeting in <keyword id="3002" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Islamabad">Islamabad</keyword> next month in protest against Pakistan not inviting the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, a decision that comes in the midst of tensions over two terror attacks in Punjab and J&amp;K. <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> Speaker <keyword id="6354934" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Sumitra-Mahajan">Sumitra Mahajan</keyword> said this was against a rule in the CPU in which all the Speakers, who are members of the <keyword id="112537" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Commonwealth-Parliamentary-Association">Commonwealth Parliamentary Association</keyword> (CPA), have to be extended an invitation to the CPU meeting. "It is wrong (on the part of Pakistan). They cited an old rule of 1951-57 regarding their having raised an issue in the <keyword id="55859" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="UN-Security-Council">UN Security Council</keyword> for not inviting J and K Speaker," she said adding it had lost relevance. Welcoming the decision J&amp;K Speaker <keyword id="684192" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ravindra-Gupta">Ravindra Gupta</keyword>, who attended the meeting, thanked the Speakers for the decision saying it was a question of unity and integrity of the country. He called Pakistan a terrorist state. "The meeting resolved to call upon Dr Shirin Chaudhury, Speaker of <keyword id="141158" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bangladesh-Parliament">Bangladesh Parliament</keyword> and Chairperson of the CPA Executive Committee to use her good offices to immediately resolve the matter and ensure issue of invitation to the Jammu and Kashmir 'CPA Branch' failing which 'CPA India Region' including the Union and State Branches' (will) boycott the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan from September 30 to October 8...," the resolution said. 

	India's Parliament and Assemblies are treated as 'India region' and all the Assemblies are the members of the CPA. 

	The resolution underlined that Jammu and Kashmir "fulfills all conditions" of CPA membership. 
 

	"The meeting further resolved that Chairperson and members of the Executive Committee of CPA view this matter in all seriousness and insist that Pakistan CPA Branch forfeit its right to host the 61st CP conference for not inviting Jammu and Kashmir CPA Branch to the conference in violation of Article 8 of the CPA Constitution and that the venue of the conference be shifted to another country,” it said.

	Article 8 of the CPA Constitution says that each 'Branch' (meaning Parliament and State Assemblies) "shall be entitled to send prescribed number of delegates and officials to each plenary conference and accordingly Jammu and Kashmir Branch is entitled to send one delegate to the Conference." 
 

	The meeting authorised Lok Sabha Speaker, who is the chairperson of CPA India Region, to take "such further action as may be deemed necessary in the matter". 
 

	Gupta said Pakistan deliberately wanted to keep his state away from the conference to "humiliate" India. 
 

	He said Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and thanked the Lok Sabha Speaker and Speakers of other Assemblies on taking the stand. 
 

	Gupta added that "Pakistan is a terrorist state and many countries do not want to go there" to attend the Conference. PTI AKK "The meeting resolved to call upon Dr Shirin Chaudhury, Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament and Chairperson of the CPA Executive Committee to use her good offices to immediately resolve the matter and ensure issue of invitation to the Jammu and Kashmir 'CPA Branch' failing which 'CPA India Region' including the Union and State Branches' (will) boycott the 61st Commonwealth P .. 
 

	India's Parliament and Assemblies are treated as 'India region' and all the Assemblies are the members of the CPA. 
 

	The resolution underlined that Jammu and Kashmir "fulfils all conditions" of CPA membership. 
 

	"The meeting further resolved that Chairperson and members of the Executive Committee of CPA view this matter in all seriousness and insist that Pakistan CPA Branch forfeit its right to host the 61st CP conference for not inviting Jammu and Kashmir CPA Branch to the conference in violation of Article 8 of the CPA Constitution and that the venue of the conference be shifted to another country," it said. 
 

	Article 8 of the CPA Constitution says that each 'Branch' (meaning Parliament and State Assemblies) "shall be entitled to send prescribed number of delegates and officials to each plenary conference and accordingly Jammu and Kashmir Branch is entitled to send one delegate to the Conference." 
 

	The meeting authorised Lok Sabha Speaker, who is the chairperson of CPA India Region, to take "such further action as may be deemed necessary in the matter". 
 

	The Speaker said India took up the issue with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Secretariat after Jammu and Kashmir was not invited while all other states of India received the invitations. 
 The CPA Secretariat talked to <keyword id="2990321" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Pakistan-Assembly">Pakistan Assembly</keyword> Speaker who expressed "constraint" in inviting Jammu and Kashmir. Invitations for the conference are sent by the host country. 

	Gupta said Pakistan deliberately wanted to keep his state away from the conference to "humiliate" India. 
 

	He said Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and thanked the Lok Sabha Speaker and Speakers of other Assemblies on taking the stand. 
 

	Gupta added that "Pakistan is a terrorist state and many countries do not want to go there" to attend the Conference. 

	 
	 
	(Image credits: Indiatimes)

India to boycott Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting in Islamabad next month: Lok Sabha Speaker

Pakistan has questioned the veracity of India's dossiers on <keyword id="26778" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="underworld">underworld</keyword> don <keyword id="6357714" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Dawood-Ibrahim">Dawood Ibrahim</keyword> calling them "self-serving" and said government's comments in Parliament on his whereabouts vindicated its sustained stand that the fugitive was not in its territory. 
 <keyword id="106423" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Pakistan-High-Commissioner">Pakistan High Commissioner</keyword> <keyword id="135964" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Abdul-Basit">Abdul Basit</keyword> said the comments by Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in Parliament on Tuesday justified his country's worries on the issue and asserted that India has not placed any request with <keyword id="3002" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Islamabad">Islamabad</keyword> in writing for Dawood's extradition. 
 "Honestly speaking that was quite disquieting and disconcerting from our perspective and frankly that calls for some introspection. If you prepare dossiers on the basis of self-serving information, than we have every reason to be worried. Our worries are justified," he told <keyword id="157927" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Karan-Thapar">Karan Thapar</keyword> on Headlines Today. 
 <keyword id="2840570" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Contradicting-government">Contradicting government</keyword>'s earlier stand on Dawood's whereabouts, Chaudhary had said in Parliament that the government was not aware of the location of the fugitive whose deportation from Pakistan it has been demanding. 
 
Asked whether the Minister's position vindicated Pakistan's stand, he said "It does. He is not in Pakistan." 
 
On whether India either in the recent past or earlier had formally in writing requested extradition of the don, he said, "Not to my knowledge". 
 
 
When pressed further, he said, "Not to my knowledge because from our perspective as we have been saying our position is that he is not in Pakistan. So the question of extradition does not arise in the first instance." 
 
India had handed over to Pakistan several dossiers on Dawood, India's most wanted fugitive, giving details about his locations in Pakistan. 
 
 
The envoy also called Jammu and Kashmir as "mother of all issues" bilaterally and said both the countries should work with sincerity to resolve it. 
 
"First of all, it is important whether it is UN resolutions or Shimla agreement or 1999 Lahore Declaration , you need to understand from our perspective, and I think India also recognises that, Jammu and Kashmir is mother of all our issues bilaterally," he said. 
 
 The <keyword id="44309" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="High-Commissioner">High Commissioner</keyword> said other issues like Siachen, Sir Creek or water issues, terrorism, have their "roots in the Jammu and Kashmir dispute" while asserting that Islamabad wanted to normalise ties with India.

Pakistan does it again. Questions veracity of India's dossiers on Dawood

Both the houses of the parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, saw stormy sessions and were adjourned on Day 2 of the Monsoon Session as opposition parties upped their ante against senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Congress+">Congress party</a>-led opposition continued to stall <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=parliament">parliament</a> proceedings, demanding resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister <keyword id="6361795" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Vasundhara-Raje">Vasundhara Raje</keyword> and <keyword id="65086" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="madhya-pradesh-chief-minister">Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister</keyword> Shivraj Singh Chouhan over <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Lalit+Modi">Lalit Modi row</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Vyapam+">Vyapam scam</a>, respectively. 
 
However, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=BJP">BJP</a> is firm on its stand and reiterated that the leaders had done no wrong and there will be no resignations. 
Party leaders were also asked to aggressively "expose" Congress over its "disinformation campaign". 
 
Reportedly, the assertions came at the BJP parliamentary party meeting where <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Narendra+Modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</a> asked MPs to be "proud" of the federal government’s work. 
 
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that Swaraj told the parliamentarians that she offered no help to the former IPL boss. 
 
"I offered neither any financial benefit to him nor did I help him flee India. I never told the British government to give him travel documents. All I did was to tell them that their decision (on Lalit Modi's request) will not affect their ties with India," Naqvi said quoting Swaraj. 
Earlier, Congress party had planned to protest silently in parliament premises, but did not continue with the plan. 
 
Meanwhile, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Amit+Shah">BJP Chief Amit Shah</a>, in the meeting, said that the party members would expose people who were trying to disrupt their journey on the path to progress over fabricated issues. 
 
(Image: Indiatimes)

BJP stands ground as opposition ups ante against Swaraj, Raje, Chouhan

<ul><li>The <keyword id="61705" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-Metro-Rail-Corporation">Delhi Metro Rail Corporation</keyword> (DMRC) has put the entire network on red alert. </li><li>The commuters will have to spend some extra time to go through heightened security checks. </li><li>Earlier today, India's Home Minister <keyword id="6355521" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="amit-shah">Amit Shah</keyword> declared in Parliament that Article 35A and <keyword id="405091" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Article-370">Article 370</keyword> of the Indian Constitution that gives special status given to Kashmir. </li></ul>The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialDMRC/status/1158273456938672129">put its entire network on red alert</a>, soon after the government struck down Article 370 and 35a that gave special status to Jammu &amp; Kashmir in India. The commuters will have to spend some extra time to go through the heightened security checks. 
	
	
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 The authorities are taking extra caution to avoid any unforeseen incidents that can happen in the metro network which connects Delhi, <keyword id="18858" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Noida">Noida</keyword>, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Faridabad. They placed CISF troops, counter-terror reaction teams to ensure quick reactions to emergencies, <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialDMRC/status/1158273456938672129">reported Live Mint. </a> India's Home Minister Amit Shah declared in Parliament that Article 35A and Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that give special status given to Kashmir -- and rights to make its own laws-- will be struck down. "The entire constitution will be applicable to Jammu and Kashmir state,” Shah said. In a subsequent order, India’s president approved the government’s changes. According to orders issued by President, Ladakh will be a Union Territory (UT) without an assembly and Jammu, and Kashmir will be a second UT with an assembly. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/news/omar-abdullah-mehbooba-mufti-reaction-to-the-scrapping-of-article-370-in-jammu-kashmir/articleshow/70532924.cms">‘Betrayal, catastrophe, dangerous’ J&amp;K leaders livid as India scraps Article 370 and bifurcates the state</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/amit-shah-says-article-35a-and-article-370-giving-kashmir-special-status-will-be-annulled-in-rajya-sabha/articleshow/70530969.cms">Article 370 and Article 35A which give Kashmir a special status will be annulled, Amit Shah tells Indian Parliament</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/news/journalists-in-kashmir-get-satellite-phones-after-internet-and-mobile-are-shut-down/articleshow/70530054.cms">Reporters in Kashmir get a satellite phone for ₹100,000 a piece as all other communication devices are shut down</a>

Delhi Metro put on 'red alert' citing security threat after India abolished Kashmir's right to make its own laws

<ul><li>The Indian government scrapped Article 370 and Article 35A of the constitution, doing away with the special status of Kashmir.</li><li>Congress leader <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword> called it an ‘abuse of executive power.’ </li><li>He said that the nation is not made on plots of land, but by people.</li></ul>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today reacted strongly to the <keyword id="64132" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kashmir-issue">Kashmir issue</keyword>, saying that the government abused its executive powers. Indian government <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/amit-shah-says-article-35a-and-article-370-giving-kashmir-special-status-will-be-annulled-in-rajya-sabha/articleshow/70530969.cms">scrapped</a> Article 370 and Article 35A of the constitution, doing away Kashmir’s special status. Gandhi who recently resigned at the President of the <keyword id="1571" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress-party">Congress Party</keyword> said that the nation is not made on plots of land, but by people. “National integration isn’t furthered by unilaterally tearing apart J&amp;K, imprisoning elected representatives and violating our Constitution,” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet. 
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 Members of the Congress party too aggressively protested against the government's decision. “I don’t think you are thinking about Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), you violated all rules and converted a state into a union territory overnight,” said Adhir Ranjan, the Member of Parliament from Berhampore. The move seems to have created a rift within the opposition party as it did with ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s allies. Congress Parliamentarians like Jaiveer Shergill and Janardan Dwivedi <a href="https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/rahul-gandhi-on-jammu-and-kashmir-article-370-1577782-2019-08-06">stood by </a>the Centre’s decision. BJP’s own ally Janata Dal (Secular) had walked out in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/omar-abdullah-mehbooba-mufti-reaction-to-the-scrapping-of-article-370-in-jammu-kashmir/articleshow/70532924.cms">protest</a> to the decision, while its rivals like Aam Aadmi Party member and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal came in support of the decision. Yesterday, the upper house of the Parliament passed the <keyword id="17605" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jammu-and-kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</keyword> Reorganisation Bill 2019. With this, the government has rewritten the history of India and the move has bifurcated the ‘state’ into two union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-parliament-debate-on-kashmir-latest-news/articleshow/70530170.cms">India’s opposition wants Narendra Modi to reveal his Kashmir plan in Parliament</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/situation-in-kashmir-after-revoking-article-370-and-article-35a-of-constitution-/articleshow/70550710.cms">The situation in Kashmir is more tense after India scrapped 'special' status — forces are on high alert fearing violence</a>

Kashmir is not plots of land, says Rahul Gandhi protesting BJP's move to end 'special' status

In a move deemed as a very significant one in the face of Indian democratic governance, the Rajya Sabha approved the Jammu and Kashmir <keyword id="7821367" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="reservation-bill-2019">Reservation Bill 2019</keyword> after the amendments were approved by the Lok Sabha two days earlier. Here are the highlights of what we must know about the Jammu Kashmir Reservation Bill 2019. What has changed now The present bill replaces the Jammu and Kashmir Amendment Ordinance 2019 which was issued earlier on March 1, 2019. This bill gives room for some amendments in the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act passed in 2004 that aims to get the people residing in the areas near the international border within the purview of reservation on par with the people residing in the areas adjacent to the Actual Line of Control (ALoC). Who the bill will benefit As per the earlier bill, 3% reservation was allowed for the youth residing within 6 kms of the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir. As per the new amendments, this provision will be extended to the people living near the international border too. This measure will come to benefit the people living in Jammu, Samba and Kathua regions. Notably, the people inhabiting these regions have been pressing the government for so long to give this concession as they are confronting the impacts of cross-border firing in the Jammu and Kashmir region. At the same time, the compulsory 7 year service provision will also be applicable for the people living near the international border. How is the change effected By virtue of the Presidential order, the cabinet implemented the 77th constitutional amendment of 1995 to Jammu and Kashmir in order to give the benefits of reservation in promotion in the government services to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. In addition, the cabinet applied the 103 constitutional amendment of 2019 to Jammu and Kashmir that sanctioned 10% reservation to the economically backward segments of people in the general category. The setting in J&amp;K When the BJP withdrew its support to the PDP in November 2018, the Governor <keyword id="2773123" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Satya-Pal-Malik">Satya Pal Malik</keyword> dissolved the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. With this move, the state came under the president’s rule. Due to security reasons, elections were not conducted so far here. Amidst this background, the parliament passed this bill and the parliament’s upper house gave its consent to extend the president’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir for the next six months. What is the controversy now While passing the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Bill 2019, the central government claims that the given constitutional amendment was recommended by the State Administrative Council (SAC) under the leadership of Satya Pal Malik, the present governor for Jammu and Kashmir. None has questioned the decision of the government with regard to the latest amendment to favor the SCs, STs and EWS. However, there is an opposition to the way it has been accomplished. These sources quote from <keyword id="405091" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Article-370">Article 370</keyword> that states that the provisions found in the Act of Parliament for Jammu and Kashmir can be done only with the concurrence of the state government. The question is whether the recent amendment can be approved during the time when the state is under the President’s rule.

The controversy behind Jammu Kashmir’s Reservation Bill 2019

<ul><li>The Union Minister <keyword id="6355521" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="amit-shah">Amit Shah</keyword> will table the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in the upper house of the Parliament today. </li><li>It has already been passed in the lower house of the Parliament on 1 July 2019. </li><li>The bill seeks 10% reservation quota for the economically weaker sections(EWS) in educational institutions and government jobs in the state. </li><li>The residents having annual income above ₹ 300,000 will not be included in the reservation category.</li></ul>The Union Minister Amit Shah will table the<a href="https://www.firstpost.com/politics/amit-shah-to-introduce-jk-reservation-second-amendment-bill-in-rajya-sabha-tomorrow-law-will-grant-10-reservation-to-ews-in-state-7108091.html"> Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019</a>, in the upper house of the Parliament today. It has already been passed in the lower house of the Parliament on 1 July 2019. “We are bringing the bill with good intentions," Firstpost said, citing a BJP leader. What is the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019? The bill seeks 10% reservation quota for the economically weaker sections (EWS) in educational institutions and government jobs for the residents of the state. India introduced the 10% reservation for EWS in January 2019. This includes reservation for state government posts, government medical colleges, dental colleges, and polytechnics, according to<a href="http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/jammu-and-kashmir-reservation-amendment-bill-2019"> PRS Legislative Research</a>. What are the provisions under the bill? It enables the residents living close to the international border in Jammu and Kashmir to enjoy the benefits of reservations in education, promotions and jobs. According to the proposed scheme, the residents from areas adjoining the Line of Control will have to work in those areas for a minimum of seven years. Who will benefit? All residents with an annual income below ₹800,000 will benefit from the 10% reservation quota, if the bill goes through. Who is not eligible? The residents with an annual <a href="http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/jammu-and-kashmir-reservation-amendment-bill-2019">income above ₹ 300,000</a> will not be included in the reservation category. However, this is not applicable to the people residing close to the international borders and the Actual Line of Control (ALOC). See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/over-150000-postgraduates-in-jk-come-asking-for-jobs-in-just-15-days/articleshow/70445702.cms">Over 150,000 postgraduates in J&amp;K come asking for jobs in just 15 days</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/amit-shah-says-article-35a-and-article-370-giving-kashmir-special-status-will-be-annulled-in-rajya-sabha/articleshow/70530969.cms">Article 370 and Article 35A which give Kashmir a special status will be annulled, Amit Shah tells Indian Parliament</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-parliament-debate-on-kashmir-latest-news/articleshow/70530170.cms'">India’s opposition wants Narendra Modi to reveal his Kashmir plan in Parliament</a>

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