Jahangeer Ganaie
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP) on Thursday said that Centre must restore statehood with article 370 besides that the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) is illegal and it must be scrapped.
In an interview with local news agency KNO, J&NPP patron Prof Bhim Singh said that he wants cooperation from Nationalist parties so that he can press the Government of India for the restoration of statehood with article 370.
“Government of India must restore statehood with Article 370 same way in Parliament like they scrapped it on August 05 last year. At the same time GoI must scrap the PSA as hundres of people are still languishing in jails under this act.
“All fundamental rights mentioned in Article 12 to Article 35 must be given to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said, adding that, ” we welcome scrapping of 35 A as it was empowering the state government to create laws like PSA.”
He said that despite being a registered party, no publicity is given to NPP and its activities.
“The people created by RSS like Apni Party leaders who aren’t even registered before the Election Commission are given full publicity everywhere for being puppets of Prime Minister Narendera Modi and agencies,” Prof Singh alleged.
He said they have decided to go to the International Court of Justice against the laws imposed by the central government in Jammu and Kashmir as the issue of Jammu and Kashmir was already at the United Nations.
He said that the Government of India has made a big mistake by scrapping the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and giving everyone right to purchase land and property is an injustice with the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“I will challenge this law in the International Court of Justice because the issue of Jammu and Kashmir is already under discussion at the United Nations,” he said, adding that the issue is also in the Security Council and the central government should not have enacted any separate laws in Jammu and Kashmir but they have taken away the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and played with the dignity of the people here.
The central government on October 27 repealed about 11 land laws in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The announcement was made by the Home Ministry Amit Shah and the order has been dubbed ‘Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Central Laws) Third Order 2020’. This order will come into force immediately—(KNO)
