Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 7: Reiterating its demand for re-organization of the State by creating separate States of Jammu and Kashmir and granting Union Territory status to Ladakh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today urged the State Government to pass a resolution in this regard and send the same to Centre for approval.
By creating three separate States of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh will lead to the development of the State, Narinder Kashyap, National general secretary BSP and MP told reporters here today along with BSP State president, Tulsi Dass Langeh.
He said the three regions of the State altogether have different geographical conditions, different culture and language as well as living pattern. Besides they have such a vast territorial area that it is difficult to cover the surface distance, he added.
Keeping the same in view the BSP is demanding the reorganization of the State, so that the equal development of all the three regions is possible, he said.
He said normally the Civil Secretariat functions for six months in Kashmir and rest six months in Jammu and crores of rupees are spent on moving offices from one place to another. By creating separate States of Jammu and Ladakh and granting UT status to Ladakh this money can be saved and utilized for the betterment of the people of all the three regions, he added.
Mr Kashyap said that BSP is wedded to the ideology of Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar and after taking over as Union Minister in 1952 he had suggested that the issue of J&K should be resolved once for all otherwise it will turn into a grave problem some day. Dr Ambedkar was himself in favour of small States for the overall development of the country, he added.
He said taking a cue from Dr Ambedkar the BSP chief Mrs Mayawati got a resolution passed in State Assembly of UP to carve out three separate states and this resolution was sent to Centre for approval. Earlier Uttrakhand has been also created out of UP and Himachal and Haryana States were carved out from Punjab, he added.
Mr Kashyap said that BSP and people of Jammu have also passed a resolution regarding re-organization of the State in his presence and same was approved by Ms Mayawati and the issue was also raised by him in Rajya Sabha which was supported by other parties also.
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