Parliament today: Rajya Sabha scraps Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir amid Opposition uproar; LS clears bill banning commercial surrogacy
Members of the Congress and Trinamool Congress in the Rajya Sabha opposed the scrapping of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
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The Centre on Monday scrapped Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Union home minister Amit Shah justified the move in the Rajya Sabha, saying that the provision prevented democracy from blossoming in the state. He added that terrorism cannot be eliminated till Article 370 exists. PTI
Opposing the abrogation of Article 370, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said: "I had never imagined that the head of the state which is India's crown will be chopped off." PTI
TMC MP Derek O'Brien too opposed the abrogation of the constitutional provision and said," From 11 am this morning we have been witnessing procedural harakiri. We can't see this constitutional immorality anymore."
The Rajya Sabha also passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019, which bifurcates the state into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and a bill extending 10 percent EWS quota to the state. Twitter@ANI
Meanwhile, the Lok Sabha passed The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, which bans commercial surrogacy and The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 which increases the number of judges in the top court from 30 to 33. Twitter/@loksabhatv
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