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RS passes Jallianwala Trust Bill
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- The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust will no longer have the Congress president as a member, and the Central government will have the power to end any member’s five-year term before its expiry, according to an amendment passed by the Rajya Sabha on 19 Nov 2019.
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- The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Act, 2019:
(1) Was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 2,
(2) It replaced the Congress president as a member of the Trust with the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, or the leader of the single largest Opposition party in case there is no Leader of Opposition.
(3) The Trust was first set up by then Congress president Motilal Nehru in 1920.
Sources
The Hindu