Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 5: Jammu and Kashmir lost its identity as a special status Dogra state in the country with a unique historical background and people will never forget that they lost their rights and powers as state subjects and downgraded into UT, on August 5, 2019, reacted J&K Congress, commenting on the remarks of Home Minister Amit Shah during UP elections campaign.
The remarks of the Home Minister are an insult to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, as the historical state with unique powers and rights for its citizens lost its identity as a state in an arbitrary and unilateral action by the Union Govt on August 5, 2019. Certainly, J&K was the crown of India because of its unique identity, history and secular values, but it was decimated, divided and downgraded into a UT (not better than a large Municipal body) on August 5, 2019 by Modi Govt, against the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Who demanded and desired the disbanding and downgrading of the historical Dogra state into UT, is not known yet except that the Prime Minister and the Home Minister wanted to downgrade it. It was a historical blunder to disband the Dogra state, downgrade it and strip the residents of their bonafide rights to land & jobs without their consent.
A law was made to strip people of their identity, rights and powers against the wishes of the residents by putting them hostage, rendering them voiceless and speechless, in the largest democracy of the world. But the Home Minister claims that no one was killed or injured, in the violence, post decision, which followed rich culture, multiple languages and heritage but unprecedented restrictions and detentions.
The decision followed series of unilateral orders against the interests of local residents, especially youth of Jammu and Kashmir and still several such orders are passed on regular basis least bothering for the rights, interests and the hardships to be faced by the affected sections.
“ The promise of restoration of state on the floor of the House and the holding of elections and restoration of full democracy has no dead line but still it was called a crown. The paradise on earth has lost its glory. The selective killings of innocents especially of minorities have continued, the migrants could not return, people feel insecure but still it enjoys the status of a crown,” JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma remarked.
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