New Delhi, Dec 6: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday announced in the Lok Sabha that 24 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly had been reserved for Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) as they belong to India.

 

While tabling the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2023 in the House, Amit Shah said, "Earlier, Jammu had 37 seats but now it has 43. Meanwhile, Kashmir, which had 46 seats, now has 47."

 

 

He added, "We have reserved 24 seats for Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir because its ours.

 

 

"Had Jawaharlal Nehru taken right steps, Pakistan occupied Kashmir would have been part of India now; it was historic blunder," Amit Shah added in Lok Sabha.

 

"Jammu and Kashmir has suffered due to two blunders. The first is to declare a ceasefire - when our army was winning, the ceasefire was imposed. If there had been a ceasefire after three days, PoK would have been a part of India today... The second is to take our internal issue to the UN ", Amit Shah said adding that the Indian Government ‘plans to have zero terror incident in Jammu and Kashmir in force for 3 years’.

 

“Will be successful by 2026", Amit Shah said.

 

When Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said challenged to conduct a debate in Lok Sabha on former PM Jawaharlal Nehru's mistake made on Kashmir issue, Amit Shah, wasting no time responded saying that "Hum abhi tayar hain. Abhi charcha karte hain"

 

This came after Amit Shah tabled two bills related to Jammu and Kashmir in the Lok Sabha - the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2023 and Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

 

Speaking about the bills in the House, Amit Shah said, "When they (Kashmiri Pandits) were displaced, they were forced to live as refugees in their country. Around 46,631 families were displaced in their own country. This Bill is to get them rights, this Bill is to give them representation."

 

Amit Shah said that the bills aimed at delivering justice to people who had been deprived for the past 70 years. Notably, one of two bills on Jammu and Kashmir seeks to nominate two Kashmiri migrant community members, including a woman, to the assembly.

 

In a dig at the Congress, Amit Shah said that there was an era of terrorism after the 1980s in Jammu and Kashmir and those "responsible for stopping it were enjoying vacations in England".

 

He added, "When Kashmiri Pandits were displaced, they were forced to live as refugees in their country."