Opposition and treasury benches on Monday engaged in a heated verbal duel in Rajya Sabha after a controversial remark by a DMK member during a discussion on Jammu and Kashmir bill.
BSP backs government on Jammu and Kashmir Bill, lashes out at Congress
India
Published: Saturday, February 13, 2021, 16:59 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 13: The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday supported the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha and lashed out at the Congress for its opposition to the government s measures that it said are in support of the poor, Dalits and other deprived communities in the union territory.
Its MP Malook Nagar said backward communities like Gujjar and Backarwal had been deprived of their rights in Jammu and Kashmir for long and are now getting their due, a reference to the Modi government s move to roll out reservation for them in line with the national quota after the erstwhile state s special status was revoked with the annulment of Article 370 of the Constitution in 2019.