New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has met President Ram Nath Kovind today. There are various speculations about the visit, but it is said that it was only a courtesy call on the Home Minister with the President. A photo of the meeting has been released by Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The union cabinet expanded on Wednesday and in that expansion, Home Minister Amit Shah has also been given additional responsibility of the newly created Ministry of Cooperation. The monsoon session of Parliament is also set to begin from July 19 and there are various estimates about the Home Minister's meeting with the President before the session begins.
The Commission on Delimitation of Jammu and Kashmir has said today that delimitation will be on the basis of 2011 census and 7 assembly seats will be increased and 24 seats in pakistan's illegally occupied Kashmir part will also be included. When the NDA government was formed for the second time at the Centre in 2019 under the leadership of PM Modi, Amit Shah was made home minister and about two months after the formation of the government, the Central Government had withdrawn Article 370, which gave special statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Together, Ladakh was excluded from Jammu and Kashmir and both were given different Union Territory status.
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