Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday told the Lok Sabha that 24 seats have been reserved for Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) as the territory “is ours”. The Home Minister was speaking in the Parliament during a debate on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023.

The Lok Sabha passed these two bills on Wednesday. During this debate, he said that the Delimitation Commission has reserved 24 seats for Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The Centre has set up a Delimitation Commission for the delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.

He also said that Jammu had 37 seats earlier but now it has 43 where Kashmir had 46 seats previously but now has 47. “Earlier, there were 37 seats in Jammu, now there are 43