Amit Shah moves resolution to extend President's rule in Jammu & Kashmir for 6 months

PTI | Updated: Jun 28, 2019, 13:30 IST

Highlights

Since EC has decided to hold fresh polls in J&K later this year, it is essential that President's Rule be extended for another six months: Amit Shah
He said during the Governor's Rule and later President's Rule, the government has hit at the roots of terrorism

Amit Shah

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday moved a statutory resolution in the Lok Sabha to extend

President's Rule in Jammu and Kashmir

for a period of six months.
Moving the resolution, he said since the state assembly has been dissolved and the Election Commission has decided to hold fresh elections in Jammu and Kashmir later this year, it is essential that the President's Rule be extended for another six months with effect from July 3, 2019.
He said during the Governor's Rule and later President's Rule, the government has hit at the roots of terrorism.
The state has seen bloodshed in previous elections, but things have changed, he told the House.

He urged the members to rise above party lines to support the resolution.
This is the first proposal Shah has moved in the Lok Sabha after being

appointed as the home minister

in the second tenure of the Narendra Modi government.

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