JKPCC demands HM to announce restoration of statehood to J&K, hold elections

Jammu, Oct 04: VikarRasoolWani, President Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Tuesday demanded that Home Minister Amit during his ongoing 3-day J&K visit must tender an apology to the people of this Union Territory for having betrayed them.
Briefing media persons at the party headquarters in Jammu, JKPCC Chief flanked by Raman Bhalla, working-president JKPCC said that the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) betrayed the people of J&K by scrapping Art 370 from the Constitution through “unconstitutional means.”
He said that it is an irony of the people of erstwhile J&K State that BJP divided the state into two UTs. He said that in the history of India, not a single state has been converted into UT while the UTs have been conferred State status. He said that the Home Minister must apologize to the people of J&K, restore statehood and hold elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly at the earliest. Recalling Amit Shah’s speech on August 5, 2019, on the floor of Parliament, he said “The Home Minister had termed the abrogation of Art 370 as new beginning in the Jammu and Kashmir saying that its abrogation would help in quick eradication of Terrorism. However, it is quite unfortunate that terrorism still continues across the UT so much so that today with Home Minister being in the J&K UT a Director General of Police (DG Prisons) namely H.K Lohia has been killed and soon we will come to know as to which terrorist organization owns the responsibility for this killing.” Wani stated that if a DG level officer is not safe in J&K then how will the common people of J & K be safe.
He sought regularization of daily wagers, SPOs, Rehbar-e-Khel, Anganwari Workers among others who are on roads protesting for getting their genuine rights. He said that the Home Minister is in J&K and he should announce regularization of all the temporary and daily wager employees who are working in several government departments for the last more than 15 years. He also demanded special packages for apple and apricot industries, fruit and walnut growers, and shawl industries which are on the brink of closure.