List of politics Events on January-2000

3- January-2000 A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).
12- January-2000 T. S. Krishna Murthy is appointed Election Commissioner in place of G.V.G. Krishnamoorthy who retired.
12- January-2000 The Union Cabinet approves a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry to privatise the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta and a new airport in Bangalore on a 30-year lease which can be extended by 19 years.
16- January-2000 P. Moses, Indian High Commission Staff member, badly beaten up and abducted by Pakistani intelligence operators in Islamabad.
20- January-2000 J&K accepts the report of the State Autonomy committee tabled in the Assembly last year.
21- January-2000 The Samata Party National Executive elects Mrs. Jaya Jaitley as its president.
23- January-2000 India will be taught a lesson if it tries to cross the LoC, says the Pakistani military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
27- January-2000 K.R. Narayanan, President, opposes any tinkering with the Constitution.
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