Rolls out White Paper in counter
Sheikh Danish
Srinagar, Feb 26 (KNO): People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) Saturday rolled out a white paper on the BJP government's claims post revocation of Article 370 on development, peace, jobs and investments in J&K stating that all assertions made by BJP government are nothing but a “bunch of lies.” The Alliance also termed the Delimitation Commission's proposals as “unconstitutional” adding that “everything is being done under re-organisation act which itself is illegal as there was already a Delimitation act in vogue.”
Addressing a press conference at Gupkar residence of Farooq Abdullah, the Alliance spokesman M Y Tarigami said that today all members of the alliance deliberated on certain important issues including the fresh proposals and recommendations of delimitation commission.
“We continue to stick to our stand 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 to 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.
He said PAGD fails to understand why seven seats were increased and why not one or nine. “We appeal to the people of India to listen to their conscience and understand the pain of the people of J&K,” Tarigami said.
