Jammu & Kashmir
Put Govt formation on hold till GoI restores statehood: Er Rashid to other JK parties
Srinagar: Awami Itehad Party chief and north Kashmir Member Parliament Er Rashid on Monday suggested the political parties and independents who would emerge victorious tomorrow not to form the government in JK until the government of India restores the statehood. He said AIP would extend full support if all get united on this advice.
“If all agree to my suggestion, AIP would also extend full support to this proposal.”
Er Rashid also said that age-old darbar move practice should be resumed for the larger status of people of both regions.
“The administration claims that it has saved the JK exchequer from a huge burden by abolishing the Darbar Move practice but the fact remains that people of both regions are suffering. We demand this practice should be resumed,” he said.
The north Kashmir MP also said that he was in Delhi a few days ago where he saw JK House Delhi being exclusively kept reserved for the people of Ladakh UT.
“Is this justice? I want to ask the Government of India what was the criteria used to distribute properties of JK in Delhi and the rest of the country. Ladakh has only 4 to 5 lakh population and for them you have kept J&K House, while J&K has over 2 crore population, where would the people go if they need to travel out of J&K for treatment, travel and jobs,” Er Rashid asked.
To a query if BJP wins majority in Jammu and NC in Kashmir, to which party AIP would extend support, Er Rashid said that his priority wasn’t government formation and only safeguarding the interests of JK.
On five nominated members by the JK administration, he said: “By nominating members of its own, the JK administration is damaging and challenging the very idea of BJP and Narendera Modi: Ek Vidhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan. How can Delhi people nominate members for JK assembly when poll results are yet to be out,” he said.
Er Rashid is out on bail till October 12. He has served detention in New Delhi’s Tihar for five and a half years. (KNO)
