Restoration of full statehood remains our demand, says CPI(M) leader
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CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, who was among the many 14 politicians from Jammu and Kashmir who attended a gathering with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, stated restoration of full statehood for J&K with a Governor remained the highest precedence.
At the assembly, he stated Home Minister Amit Shah stated statehood can be restored at an “appropriate time”. Mr. Tarigami informed a bunch of reporters on Friday that the Prime Minister informed the leaders that their considerations had been famous and that the identical wouldn’t be ‘ignored’. “What it means, only time will tell.”
The gathering was the primary such assembly to be organised after the Centre eliminated the particular standing of J&K underneath Article 370 and cut up the State into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019.
Mr. Tarigami stated he informed the Prime Minister whereas he appreciated the assembly being held, it could have been higher had it been held in July 2019.
He stated he was ‘worried’ that “national parties are vacillating” concerning Article 370. When requested to make clear, he stated some events supported the federal government in the course of the debate in Parliament when the particular standing was revoked and the State reorganised.
He stated the Home Minister requested the leaders to assist the continued delimitation course of. He stated the CPI(M) had not been contacted by the Delimitation Commission but.
“We are more concerned about restoration of original statehood. Election is a routine exercise. Recently, DDC polls were held and we participated in them. We are asking for creating a conducive environment for polls,” he stated, when requested if his occasion would take part in Assembly elections in the event that they had been to be held earlier than restoration of statehood.
He stated the leaders had requested for restoration of civil rights and return of Kashmiri Pandits with dignity and safety. He additionally stated Assam had been ignored of the delimitation course of and Assembly polls had been held there not too long ago. “Why can’t elections be held in J&K [before delimitation],” he requested.
Double requirements
In one other instance of obvious double requirements, Mr. Tarigami stated India was an enormous nation with variety and uniqueness. He stated Nagaland “feels unique”. “You [government] are talking to them, not bulldozing. Why is the same thing not being followed for J&K?”
CPI(M) normal secretary Sitaram Yechury stated “nothing tangible had emerged” out of the assembly. He stated it was an excellent gesture that the mainstream events of J&K had attended the assembly. He stated it appeared the assembly was known as as a result of worldwide pressures with the U.S. withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, somewhat than any home compulsions.
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