The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday sought restoration of the pre-August 5, 2019 constitutional standing of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, saying it’ll proceed to battle to hunt the rights assured by the Constitution.
A coalition of six mainstream political events, demanding restoration of the erstwhile state’s particular standing, held a gathering on the Gupkar residence of its president and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah.
The assembly was additionally attended by leaders from the center and decrease rungs of the coalition’s constituents.
Speaking to reporters after the assembly, PAGD spokesperson and CPI(M) chief MY Tarigami mentioned that looking for restoration of particular standing, which was revoked by the Center on August 5, 2019, is a constitutional proper of the folks of the erstwhile state. .
“We are demanding nothing but restoration of special constitutional status in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh by August 4, 2019. It is our constitutional right,” he mentioned.
Tarigami, who was accompanied by Abdullah and different coalition leaders together with PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, mentioned some folks had been decoding their calls for in another means and calling them “anti-national activities”.
“They try to harass the leaders associated with the alliance and continue the campaign of defamation. Perhaps, it has not happened before that people’s voice is being blocked in this way. It is impossible to stop the voice of the people,” he mentioned.
The coalition spokesperson mentioned silence in Jammu and Kashmir is taken into account regular.
He claimed, “Even today, they feel that Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh should remain silent like graveyards, and it is not acceptable to the present government and leadership that anyone raise their voice or keep their head held high.”
The CPI(M) chief alleged, “The present government has vowed to humiliate us, they consider our insult as their pride, which is not acceptable to us.”
Tarigami mentioned the coalition needs to ship a message to the nation and its those that the PAGD is dedicated to looking for the rights assured by the Constitution.
A PAGD spokesperson mentioned the alliance adopted a unanimous decision in its Tuesday assembly, reiterating that the constitutional standing of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, which was within the erstwhile state on August 4, 2019, be restored.
“Articles 370, 35-A and full statehood have been our constitutional place and the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, which was unconstitutionally abrogated, be restored. This is our core agenda and our fundamental demand.”
He mentioned that PAGD has vowed that humiliation and humiliation of the folks and the political management won’t be acceptable.
Tarigami mentioned he had raised the problem of the discharge of political prisoners at an all-party assembly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however no such prisoners have been launched as a confidence constructing measure.
“We want to ask the government how many people have been released after the all-party meeting chaired by Modi,” he mentioned.
Tarigami claimed {that a} marketing campaign was underway to humiliate the political management and activists “as if there were only thieves here”.
“This shame should be stopped and we’ll place our case earlier than the folks of India, its civil society, media homes and Parliament. We attraction to them that this humiliation should cease or its penalties could also be harmful not just for J&Ok however for the whole nation.
He additionally mentioned that every one Chief Administrative Officers whether or not in civil administration or police had been from exterior and native folks had been being sidelined.
Denying permission for the assembly in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tarigami mentioned, “It seems that even this small meeting is not acceptable to the administration”.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
