The leaders also called on the government to bring a legislation to include the Union Territory of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution
Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to press for a legislation in Parliament’s upcoming Monsoon session to grant full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The leaders also called on the government to bring a legislation to include the Union Territory of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.
In their joint letter to Modi, Kharge and Gandhi said that for the past five years, the people of the Union Territory of J&K have consistently called for the restoration of full statehood. “It is important to recognise that while there have been instances of UTs being granted statehood in the past, the case of J&K is without precedent in independent India. This is the first time a full-fledged state has been downgraded to a UT following its bifurcation,” the letter stated.
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah welcomed the Congress initiative, saying “we are not demanding something that was not promised to us”. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, he said the Supreme Court’s directive to the Centre to restore Jammu and Kashmir's statehood “as soon as possible” has gone long back.
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