BJP MPs celebrate passage of resolution on Art 370 in LS

BJP MPs in Lok Sabha on Tuesday celebrated with loud slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and thumping of desks as the House passed the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation bill and a resolution on Article 370.

The mood among the treasury benches during the debate was boisterous with Home Minister Amit Shah joining the members in the applause several times as the MPs gave their speeches.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi too was greeted with loud cheers and slogans by BJP members when he arrived in the House just before Shah was to respond to the debate on motion to abrogate special status to Jammu and Kashmir and a bill which splits the state into two Union Territories.

Members of the treasury benches raised slogans of 'Vande Matram', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Jahan hue balidaan Mookerjee, woh Kashmir hamara he'.

As soon as the Bill and the resolution were passed, BJP MPs got up from their seats and started thumping the desks amid sloganeering.

After Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die, .