India Politics Highlights| Hold emergency Cabinet meet to discuss R G Kar incident, Bengal Guv directs Mamata

Hello and welcome to today's live blog. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asked the residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to come and join India as 'we consider you as our own unlike Pakistan which treats you as foreigners'. Addressing an election rally in the Ramban assembly constituency in support of BJP candidate Rakesh Singh Thakur, the Union minister came down heavily on the National Conference-Congress alliance over its poll promise of restoring Article 370 and said it is impossible as long as the BJP is there. Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi reached Dallas today and is scheduled to be in the United States till September 10. Gandhi is slated to visit Dallas, Texas today. CM N Biren Singh met Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Sunday along with his cabinet colleagues and submitted a memorandum. Rajnath Singh threw a jibe at Omar Abdullah for his comments on Afzal Guru and said, ''What should have been done to him (Afzal Guru)? If not hanged, he should have been garlanded?' BJP MP wrote to ED chief to investigate Bengal CM over RG Kar hospital case. The Bengal governor has directed Mamata Banerjee to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting and discuss RG Kar issue. That's all for today. Thanks for staying with us.