Union home minister Amit Shah presented two bills -- one for the extension of President's Rule in Jammu and Kashmir and Reservation (Amendment) Bill -- in Rajya Sabha today. Both bills have been passed by the Lok Sabha. The state has been under Central rule since June 2018, when the BJP ended its alliance with Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party. Elections will be announced later this year, but before that President's Rule, which is applicable for six-month periods, has to be renewed.
