Punjab politics has erupted after the Centre proposed the 131st Amendment Bill, prompting the SAD to call an emergency meeting.

The Centre has proposed to include the Union territory of Chandigarh under the ambit of Article 240 of the Constitution, which empowers the president to make regulations for the UT and legislate directly.

A group of US lawmakers say the secretary of state told them the draft did not reflect Washington’s position. Marco Rubio has distanced himself from those claims. 

​A group of US lawmakers say the secretary of state told them the draft did not reflect Washington’s position. Marco Rubio has distanced himself from those claims.