Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 24: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Prof Saifuddin Soz today said that People’s Democratic Party (PDP) should knock the door of Supreme Court against illegal and unconstitutional dissolution of J&K Assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik.
“What happened to the mandate for constituting a popular Government in Jammu and Kashmir, the other day, could easily be contested in the Supreme Court, provided PDP is ready to lodge a petition”, Soz in a statement.
He said the people must recall that after imposing the President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh on 13 July 2016 and Uttrakhand on Mar 27, 2016 invoking Article 356, Congress party went to the Supreme Court which nullified the hurriedly taken decisions of the Governors.
“Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision dissolving J&K Assembly illegally and unconstitutionally can easily be challenged in Supreme Court of India,” the senior Congress leader said, adding it would be a win-win situation for the PDP, who should see reason to go to Supreme Court of India, very immediately.
“I have a feeling that all mainstream parties in the State and the general run of India’s civil society will support the decision of the PDP,” Soz further added.
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