Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 9: Giving a new twist to demand of abrogation of Article 370 of Indian Constitution giving special status to J&K State, Panun Kashmir a frontal organisation of Kashmiri Pandits today launched a campaign named “Article 370: Quit Constitution” and “Dhara 370: Sanvidhaan Chodo”.
The campaign was launched at a special function organised by PK in connection with celebration of 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement.
The function was presided over by Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, president, PK. Among those who attended it included Prof. M.L. Raina, Chairman, Political Affairs Committee, Virender Raina, national spokesperson-PK, J.L. Kaul, vice president, Virender Kaul, organising secretary, N.M. Gadroo, tresurer, Vijay Qazi, secretary and Sameer Bhat, convener, P K Youth.
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, president, PK while addressing the meeting said that the 9th August marks the auspicious date in the history of the Indian nation as it was on this day that the Indian nation gave a call of “Quit India” to the Britishers. It was also on this day that the slogan of ‘Karo Ya Maro’ (do or die) was coined in the August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai and declared a part of the Independence struggle to achieve freedom from the colonial rule.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of this historical event, Panun Kashmir takes an inspiration, and launches the campaign Article 370: Quit Constitution. There is an imperative need to rid the people of this nation and particularly the people of the J&K State from this stifling statute which has provided a Constitutional mechanism to promote fissiparous and separatist tendencies in the Jammu and Kashmir State, he added.
Chrungoo said this Article has created a State within a State and has provided justification to the so-called sub-nationalism in a section of the population. “We appeal to all the nationalist people to rally round this campaign to realize the historical goal for complete and total integration of the Jammu and Kashmir State with the rest of India’’, he added.
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