'All 50 American States have own flags': Shashi Tharoor replies to Amit Shah's 'two flags, constitutions in J&K' remark

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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that Home Minister Amit Shah's remark that no country had multiple constitutions and flags was not true and that all 50 American states in the USA had their own flag and constitution...

The Home Minister, during a discussion on the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill on Tuesday, said that there can be only 'one flag, one head, and one Constitution' in the country..

The BJP has for long maintained that the 'two flags and two Constitutions' situation in Jammu and Kashmir was not acceptable to it..

The Backward Classes Commission was not given constitutional recognition for 70 years, Narendra Modi government gave constitutional recognition to the Backward Classes Commission," he said...

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," he said.. Shah said that the Bill that he had brought sought to bring justice to and provide rights to those against whom injustice was done, who were insulted, and those who were ignored..

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