Bifurcation of Kashmir arbitrary: Opposition

‘You have lost the confidence and trust of 1.5 crore people. History will not forgive you,’ says Anantnag MP
Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday questioned the Centre’s right to alter the status quo in Jammu and Kashmir without consulting stakeholders.
They were discussing the Bill that bifurcates the State of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.
“Today you have lost the confidence and trust of 1.5 crore people. The route that you have taken to bring in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 is an assault on the Constitution and neither history nor the people of Kashmir will forgive you for this,’’ said Hasnain Masoodi of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Party, representing Anantnag. Earlier in the day, while the Opposition demanded to know where MP Farooq Abdullah was, DMK MP Murasoli Maran said: “An MP is missing and we would like to know from the Home Minister and the Speaker about his whereabouts?’’ Manish Tewari of the Congress said that it was Jawaharlal Nehru’s government which had protected Jammu and Kashmir when it was under attack from Pakistan. “According to the Indian Constitution, before altering the boundaries of any State, concurrence of the Legislative Assembly of the State is mandatory. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana bifurcation was done with complete concurrence of the State Legislative Assembly by the UPA government. What happens to the separate Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir now?” he asked. Speaking during the discussion, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said: “The process of consultation will be in shreds… You have changed the constitutional relationship of the people of J&K to India without consulting them. You have unleashed upon us the political equivalent of demonetisation.”

Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bifurcation-of-kashmir-arbitrary-opposition/article28841033.ece

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