'PoK is ours, 24 seats reserved': Home Minister Amit Shah tells Lok Sabha

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that 24 seats have been reserved for Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) as the territory "is ours"..

The Home Minister was speaking in the Parliament during a debate on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and theJammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023...

The Lok Sabha passed these two bills on Wednesday.During this debate, he said that the Delimitation Commission has reserved 24 seats for Pakistan occupied Kashmir..

Earlier there were 46 in Kashmir, now there are 47 and in PoK, 24 seats have been reserved since PoK is ours," Shah said in the Parliament...

During the course of this discussion, Amit Shah also seized the opportunity to take aim at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, holding the late Prime Minister of India responsible for the PoK issue..

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