Ghulam Nabi Azad: Bring Bill to revive J&Ok statehood; must take folks into confidence

Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday requested the federal government to deliver a Bill in Rajya Sabha proposing restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking through the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Azad, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, stated, “I appeal to you, if Jammu and Kashmir has to progress and if we have to fight our enemies at the borders, we need to take our own people into confidence and give them love.” He stated the federal government ought to “bring a Bill in the House” to revive statehood, including that Assembly elections have to be held after statehood is restored for Jammu and Kashmir.
Azad stated any measure that upsets the folks residing within the Northeast and border areas, together with Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Punjab, shouldn’t be taken.
Referring to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Azad stated she taught him that “we cannot fight on multiple fronts with Pakistan and China”. The Congress chief claimed that the folks of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh will not be blissful as outsiders can now purchase their land and work there not like prior to now.
Arguing towards Jammu and Kashmir being transformed right into a Union Territory, he additionally claimed that the regulation and order state of affairs in Kashmir was 100 instances higher when it was a state as in comparison with now, militancy was at its lowest and improvement works have been at their finest, regardless of whichever authorities was in energy within the state.
Azad alleged that the tourism business in Kashmir was now “finished”, together with schooling as colleges and schools are closed for nearly two years, whereas it additionally lags behind in key parameters like well being.