Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 16: AICC(I) chief Malikarjun Kharge today said Narendra Modi Government wants to control the revived administration of Jammu & Kashmir and that’s why they gave more powers to the LG by amending the Rules under Section 55 of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019.
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“Now, bureaucrats have also been suddenly shuffled, hours before the announcement of the polls,” he said in a post on X.
In the past decade, Modi Govt has performed many electoral experiments in Jammu & Kashmir, but the people have time and again, rejected BJP’s undemocratic tactics trampling upon their Constitutional rights, he added.
Ladakh, which had 4 Assembly seats in the original Jammu and Kashmir Legislature, will now be without any directly elected MLA, Kharge said.
He said the people of Jammu & Kashmir are yearning for change. They are looking towards the Congress and its allies to usher in justice.
Congress workers must reach out to the people and work hard to ensure our victory in J&K, he added.
Meanwhie, noting that Jammu and Kashmir still awaits full Statehood, the Congress on Friday alleged the recent moves by the Union Government have only added to the powers of the Lieutenant Governor there, “making a mockery of the powers of a duly elected State Government”.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “For the past five years, the Indian National Congress has been consistently demanding that full Statehood should be restored to J&K and that Assembly elections should be conducted. J&K still awaits full Statehood.”
“Recent moves by the Union Govt have only added to the powers of the LG there, making a mockery of the powers of a duly elected State Government,” Ramesh said in a post on X.
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