National Conference President Farooq Abdullah has said that if the constitution of the country is to be respected, then the status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir should be restored. He said that if the local government had the responsibility of security, the terrorist attack in Pahalgam could have been postponed. In response to a question asked about the increasing demand to restore state status to Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Abdullah said, “It is not a question of being hopeful.”

He said, “If the Constitution of India is to be respected, then the states should never be converted into union territories. Union Territory is converted into the state. (But) The tragedy is that he converted a state into a union territory. And what did they achieve? ”

,The promise to end terrorism was promised

Abdullah mentioned that when Article 370 was neutralized on August 5, 2019 six years ago, “promised” was that “terrorism would end”. He said, “Is terrorism ended?” Or has it increased? The Center must answer this in Parliament.

,All opposition parties are fighting for us in Parliament,

Abdullah said that people were “expecting” that state status would be announced soon to Jammu and Kashmir. He said, “Already, all opposition parties are fighting for us in Parliament too … You must have seen a letter written by Kharge and Rahul Gandhi to the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) recently (Congress President Mallikarjun), which has demanded to restore state status.”

Abdullah reminded that the Central Government had “made promises to us and also promised in the Supreme Court.” Three times, Abdullah, the Chief Minister of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir, questioned the intention of the Center behind reducing the status of the state.

He said, “And what did he get?” When he did so, he said that terrorism will end because Article 370 is responsible for him. For the last six years, they have been ruling for five years before the election. The former Union Minister questioned, “And even today, he has control over security and everything else. Is terrorism ended? Or has it increased? ”

,The Lieutenant Governor should have resigned,

Considering the current situation, Abdullah expressed regret over the lack of control of the government elected by the public on security and administrative matters. He said that if the local government had taken over the responsibility of security, then the recent Pahalgam terror attack could have been postponed.

Referring to the Accepting the failure of security in Pahalgam by the Lieutenant Governor, Abdullah said, “I am happy that the Lieutenant Governor has accepted his failure.” They should have dared to resign. ”

,Why Jammu and Kashmir was denied Rajya Sabha elections,

Abdullah pointed to deep silence when the four seats of Jammu and Kashmir remained vacant in the Rajya Sabha and called it a “tragedy”. He said, “Why was Jammu and Kashmir deprived of Rajya Sabha elections?” Not only this, two seats are vacant in the assembly. What is the Election Commission doing? ” The head of the National Conference rejected the internal discord in the party.

,War is never a solution to any problem,

Regarding Pakistan, Abdullah said, “Pakistan is not going to give up. Then what is the way forward? War is never a solution to any problem. ” He advocated a peaceful solution that “for India, for Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir”.

On 13 July 1931, 22 people were killed in a firing of an army outside Srinagar jail during a protest against Dogra ruler Hari Singh in Jammu and Kashmir. The National Conference (NC) wants to celebrate this day as ‘Martyrdom Day’ but the district administration did not allow the program.

The NC had applied to pay tribute to its chairman Farooq Abdullah and other senior leaders at the Napband Sahib cemetery at Navhatta. But on Saturday (July 12), the District Magistrate of Srinagar rejected it.

Srinagar police issued a message

Srinagar Police issued public consultation on the social media platform X and said that on July 13, all the people going to Khwaja Bazar, Navhatta have not been allowed. At the same time, an appeal was made to follow the instructions of the administration and to avoid any type of violation. According to PTI, the police warned that strict action will be taken as per law on violation of orders. NC has termed this move of administration as ‘very unfortunate’.

13 July is not a simple date- NC

The party’s chief spokesperson Tanveer Sadiq wrote on the X, “13 July is not a simple date, it reminds me of the sacrifices made in the demand for dignity, justice and rights.” He further said that the people of Kashmir will continue to remember their martyrs peacefully, respectfully and with a sense of spirit. It is noteworthy that this day used to be a public holiday before the reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir, but in 2020 it was removed from the list of gazetted holidays.

Mehbooba Mufti targeted the speaker

At the same time, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has also launched a scathing attack on this issue. He said that the Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather rejected the proposal for the PDP to declare a holiday on July 13 and then denied this, while the same Speaker has approved the first two government proposals. Mehbooba wrote on X, “When the Speaker approved two proposals before his discretion, then why was the resolution respected to the martyrs? People should decide themselves.”

Last year, several leaders were placed under house arrest to prevent the cemetery. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather said that the party’s proposal to declare the holiday on July 13 was not allowed to appear in the House.