'Naya Kashmir' Bills will give justice to those deprived of rights for last 70 years, says Amit Shah

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that Naya Kashmir Bills the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill will help and uplift those who were deprived of their rights for 70 years...

Replying to a debate on the two J&K Bills, Shah said, The Bill that I have brought here pertains to bringing justice to and providing rights to those against whom injustice was done, who were insulted and those who were ignored..

In any society, those who are deprived should be brought forward..

He said a total of 41,844 families were displaced during three wars of 1947, 1965 and 1969 with Pakistan and this Bill is an attempt to them give them their rights...

This Bill is an attempt to give rights to those people, to give representation to those people, said Shah, adding, that one of the Bills seeks to give representation in the Assembly to those who had to leave Kashmir due to terrorism...

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