NPP demands restoration of statehood to J&K

NPP leaders at Working Committee meeting in Jammu on Tuesday.
NPP leaders at Working Committee meeting in Jammu on Tuesday.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 24:  J&K National Panthers Party has demanded restoration of statehood to the Jammu and Kashmir.
Extended meeting of the Working Committee of NPP held at Party’s headquarters in Jammu, party chairman Harshdev Singh, Balwant Singh Mankotia along with Ex-MLA and State resident of the Panthers Party passed resolutions demanding restoration  of statehood to J&K.
The Working Committee proposed reorganization of the Working Committee and the Secretariat before February 23 when the Party shall hold its final session after electing the next Working Committee.
The State session of the JKNPP shall be held on February 23-24. This will be last Session of the Panthers Party before constituting next Secretariat and the Working Committee. It was also resolved that Organizing Committee shall be constituted by the Secretariat which shall organize annual session of the JKNPP on March 23, 2020. The committee shall constitute the new Working Committee and the District Committees for 2020-2022.
Since Jammu and Kashmir NPP is a recognized political party which included Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh. The Election Commission has not renamed any State Party. The Election Commission may be required to announce the recognized parties of Jammu & Kashmir and status of Union Territory of Ladakh which was part of J&K where JKNPP is a recognized political party.
NPP shall be a recognized Party in the Ladakh Union Territory also till next Assembly election.   The Secretariat shall also fix all former Vice Presidents as Advisors after consultation and honour them in a Special Session on February 22, 2020, the day each one take over as Advisor.    The NPSU shall also be reorganized/reconstituted before Feb 22.
All units shall be reconstituted before February 22, 2020.
Chairman,  Harshdev Singh, resident, Balwant Singh Mankotia, vice president, Masood Andrabi, general secretaries, Yash Paul Kundal, Anita Thakur, Basharat Ali, secretaries, Capt Anil Gour, Gagan Pratap Singh, Balwan Singh, Shanker Singh Chib, Naresh Chib, Parshotam Parihar, State secretary-PTU, Adv Parveen Kesar, Desh Rattan Pandita, Joint Secretaries, Surinder Chouhan, District president Jammu Rural, Parmjeet Singh Marshall, State president-PTU, Vinod Singh Jamwal, District president Jammu Urban, S. Pawandeep Singh and others attended meeting.
Prof Bhim Singh chief patron in his concluding remarks conveyed the message to the Youth & others all over the country with a strong note that the Panthers Party shall extend its activities from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Nagaland to Gujarat.