Updated On: 09 August, 2019 09:15 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha after a little over seven hours of discussion between the members of the parliament. Earlier, it was passed in the Rajya Sabha a day before

President Ram Nath Kovind with the President of the Republic of The Gambia. Pic/Twitter President of India
On Friday, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his approval to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which was passed by the Parliament in the recently concluded first session of the 17th Lok Sabha. On August 5, 2019, the Lok Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill 2019 with 370 members of parliaments (MPs) voting in favour and 70 against it.