Reacting to the Centre’s decision to amend the rules of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir said on Tuesday that it’s a “positive news for them”.
“The central government has brought the amendment as it is aware that their decision of August 5, 2019, in which statehood was converted UT and authorities of state were centralised, was an injustice done to the people of the erstwhile state,” Mir said.
“LG is the person who runs the state, so in a way, they (the central government) have transferred some of the powers to the chief of the state.
In another way, maybe they are trying to curtail the powers of the future elected agency,” he added.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday that Modi government’s betrayal of J-K continues unabated.
In a post on X, Kharge said that this step reflects another example of “Samvidhan Hatya Diwas” continuing daily under Modi government.
“Modi Government’s betrayal of Jammu and Kashmir continues unabated! The insertion of new sections giving more powers to the LG by amending the Rules under Section 55 of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 has only two meanings. First is that the Modi gvovernment wants to delay the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, even though the Supreme Court has mandated Assembly Elections by Sept 30th, 2024,” he said.
“Even if full statehood is restored, it wants to keep the newly elected state government at the mercy of the LG, by clamping its executive power.
Another example of “Samvidhan Hatya Diwas” continuing daily under Modi Govt,” Kharge added.
It is pertinent to mention that the principal rules were published in the Gazette of India dated August 27, 2020, and subsequently amended on February 28, 2024. (ANI)
