PoK belongs to India, nobody can snatch it: 10 highlights of Amit Shah's speech on J&K in RS

'I have already promised' statehood of Jammu and Kashmir will be restored at appropriate time: Home Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the Rajya Sabha and hailed the Supreme Court verdict upholding the validity of the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which paves the way for increasing the seats in the J&K legislative Assembly from 83 to 90, has been passed in the Rajya Sabha. The legislation was cleared in the Parliament's Upper House by voice vote.

1. Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) belongs to India, nobody can snatch it: HM Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha
2. "Several questions were raised even the day before yesterday. In Lok Sabha, it was said that the Bill is pending and is being brought in haste. Supreme Court will do justice and we should wait for it. All these stands were not for justice but to halt the decisions taken by PM Modi," Shah said.
3. He said "...Jahan tak tang nazariye ka sawaal hai, desh ki ek bhi inch zameen ka sawaal hai, humara nazariya tang rahega, hum dil bada nahi kar sakte. No one has the right to give away a section of our land to show off their big heart..."
4. We have tried to finish ecosystem of terror funding: Union Minister Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha
5. Two crore tourists visited Kashmir post Article 370 abrogation, 100 film shoots have taken place, 3 theatres opened: Shah in RS
6. Now India has one Constitution, one flag and one prime minister: Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha
7. We entered their home to take revenge for terror incidents in Uri, Pulwama: Shah in Rajya Sabha
8. Have you seen any large gathering at funeral procession of terrorists after abrogation of Article 370 in JK: Amit Shah in RS
9. "Former PM Jawaharlal Nehru was seeing (accession of) Jammu and Kashmir (after Independence) and he left it incomplete. So many regions of the country that seemed difficult than J&K joined India but why was Article 370 brought for Kashmir"
10. "Today, the future of youth in J&K is not black but the blackboard of school has become their future. The youth who used to be involved in stone-pelting have been given laptops," Shah said.