Shah also presented a bill – Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 - for passage in the Upper House. Elections to the J&K assembly are to be announced later this year, but before that President’s Rule, which is applicable for six-month periods, has to be renewed. “We have faith in home minister Amit Shah,” PDP’s Rajya Sabha MP Nazeer Ahmad Laway said. Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ram Gopal Yadav announced in the Upper House that the party will support the extension of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir. The Trinamool Congress will support in Rajya Sabha the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and extension of President’s rule in the state, ANI reported.

Source: Hindustan Times July 01, 2019 11:25 UTC