Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the resolution to abrogate Article 370, which gives special rights to Jammu and Kashmir, in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The debate in the House saw a terse exchange of words between Amit Shah and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha. Replying to Chowdhury seeking clarification on the Centre’s move, the home minister said the Indian Parliament has the right to make laws on Jammu & Kashmir. When opposition leaders said he was getting “worked up”, Amit Shah hit back saying that he was “ready to die for Kashmir”.
The Congress, opposing the bills, has issued a three-line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the House on Tuesday.
The Centre’s resolution to scrap Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and bill bifurcate the state into two union territories- Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh—were passed in Rajya Sabha on Monday. The BJP-led NDA government got support from BSP, BJD, TRS, AAP and AIADMK for its move to scrap Article 370.
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