The Lok Sabha witnessed some heated moments during a debateon the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation of thestate with Home Minister Amit Shah saying, “We will die for Kashmir’.Leader ofthe Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury sought a clarification fromthe Home minister asking, “S Jaishankar told Mike Pompeo a few days back thatKashmir is a bilateral matter, so don’t interfere in it. Can J&K still bean internal matter? We want to know. Entire Congress party wants to beenlightened by you.”

The Home Minister, who introduced the resolution forscrapping the Article that grants special status to the state and a bill tobifurcate the state, responded: “J&K is an inseparable part of India, thisis in India’ s and Jammu and Kashmir’s Constitution. So, Parliament is fullyentitled to legislate on the state.”

To this, opposition benches asked: “ So what about PakistanOccupied Kashmir (PoK), what is your stand on that?” A visibly agitated AmitShah said, “When I say J&K, I mean whole of PoK and Aksai Chin region…don’t you consider PoK as India’s part. On This Chowdhury asked, “ Why are yougetting aggressive?” The Home Minister retorted: “ I will get aggressive, wewill die for Kashmir.”

The Lok Sabha is debating the resolution and the bill a dayafter the Rajya Sabha passed both on the day they were introduced by the HomeMinister.