Top news this week: Article 370 verdict, Parliament security breach, Rohit Sharma replaced as MI captain and more
Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir even as it ordered Assembly elections there by September end next year and restoration of statehood "at the earliest". The top court also upheld the reorganisation of Ladakh as a Union Territory. Mohan Yadav took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.
Governor Mangubhai C. Patel administered the oath of office to him at the sprawling Motilal Nehru Stadium, Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal. Rajendra Shukla and Jagdish Devda took the oath as deputy CMs, while former Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will be the Assembly Speake Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)'s first-time MLA Bhajanlal Sharma on Friday took oath as Rajasthan Chief Minister in Jaipur.
JP leaders Prem Chand Bairwa, and Diya Kumari also took oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, in the presence of PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and other senior leaders. BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai on Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh at Science College grounds in Raipur which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other senior leaders of the party. Chhattisgarh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan administered the oath of office to him.
Vijay Sharma and Arun Sao also took oaths as the Deputy Chief Ministers of the state. In a major security breach, two men barged into the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during discussions. The duo reportedly jumped into the House chamber from the visitors' gallery and opened canisters emitting yellow smoke, before some MPs and security personnel caught hold of them.
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