Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 27: The Reconciliation, Relief and Rehabilitation of Migrant Kashmiri Pandits have demanded the immediate restoration of Statehood and special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
In a statement issued here, today the chairman of Organsiation, Satish Mahaldar said it is not the J&K only which enjoyed the special status. Other states too enjoy special category status. These are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand. A wide range of provisions are available to these 10 states that have been listed under Articles 371, 371-A to 371-H, and 371. Similarly, a special category status should be granted to J&K immediately on the basis of sizeable share of tribal population, strategic international borders, economic and infrastructural backwardness , non-viable nature of State finances, to deal with the disturbed law and order in some parts of J&K State and discriminated minorities in Kashmir.
He demanded that the Statehood be restored to J&K immediately with special status.
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