Also Demands Restoration of 35a for Protection to Land, JobsSrinagar CNS, Aug 10: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that the central government has made the biggest joke with us by dividing the former state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories and added that such an example is not found in any other democracy in the world.He said that by remembering the situation that arose in Jammu and Kashmir after August 5, 2019 could lead to heart attacks.The leader made the remarks while addressing party workers at a function held at the party office here on Tuesday. Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi was also present on the occasion He further said that after 2014, the situation in the country began to witness situations, there was a PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, the assembly was dismissed and the BJP took over the government and it’s a year later, something happened that is unparalleled in any democracy in the world, he said.”There has been no such example in our country since 1947 and it will probably not remain” he addedHe demanded that full statehood should be returned to Jammu and Kashmir before the Assembly elections.”We want restoration of the Section 35A provisions so that our land and jobs can be protected,” he said.He said that this law was also in force in many other states of the country and it was not only for Jammu and KashmirThe senior Congress leader said that this law was not given to Jammu and Kashmir by Sheikh Abdullah or Dr. Farooq Abdullah or any other Chief Minister but this law was made by Maharaja Hari Singh in the year 1927.He said that the bill for restoration of state status of Jammu and Kashmir should be passed in the budget session of Parliament itself.The leader said that during the Congress government, Rahul Gandhi had tried to implement many welfare programmes in Jammu and Kashmir. (CNS)
