PAGD issues White Paper on JK development says delimitation proposal “unconstitutional”
Delimitation Panel’s recommendations has increased alienation in J&K: Dr Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar, CNS,26-Feb: People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Saturday also termed the Delimitation Commission’s proposals as “unconstitutional” stating that “everything is being done under re-organisation act which itself is illegal.”While rolling out the claims of BJP’s claims post Article 370 development termed it as bunch of lies.
Addressing a press conference at Gupkar the Alliance spokesman M Y Tarigami that claims of Naya Kashmir made by India is based on falsehood and deceit and BJP is doing things at its will by destroying the “historic India.” “It is not new Kashmir the foundation of which was laid by Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah. The foundation set by Sheikh ended autocratic rule and rights were given to the real owners of land and also to the farmers,” Tarigami said. “J&K was the only State and first state where education was taken up to the University level and made free for all.” He, however, said under BJP’s new Kashmir narrative entails UAPA, PSA and arrests besides gaging every single voice that objects to its policies.
“We continue to stick to our station and re-organisation act is unconstitutional and illegal. We continue to stay that August 5, 2019 decision of rolling back Article 370 is unconstitutional. A historic state of J&K was sliced into two halves was nothing but a humiliation for every single citizen of people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh,” Tarigami said. He said article 370 was rolled back amid strict lockdown, internet gag and huge deployment of forces. “Internet was even snapped in Jammu,” he said.
Tarigami said that they were never against delimitation as it was already agreed have the exercise in 2026. “But this all is being done under Re-organisation act, which itself is unconstitutional. Now delimitation is taking place without Ladakh and seven seats are being increased in J&K—one in Kashmir and six in Jammu,” he said, adding that “basic parameters for delimitation is population based on census, topography and accessibility but all these parameters were thrown to the wind.
Tarigami urged India’s civil society to listen to the woes of people. “In the white paper, we have clarified that whether Article 370 can be rolled back, whether Article 35 A can be removed,” he said. “We challenge the J&K administration and the BJP government to counter our white paper with its own white paper. We challenge the BJP government on providing jobs, investment and development.”
Meanwhile, talking to media reporters, Dr Farooq said that the recommendations made by the Delimitation Commission are biased and whatever they have advocated has in fact increased the alienation across J&K.
“I see a larger plan in whatever Delimitation Panel has done. The commission has worked in favour of BJP as I foresee that the plan is to get a resolution passed in favour of Article 370 in the J&K assembly and then BJP will itself take the case to the court and claim victory,” Dr Farooq said.(CNS)
