In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, a Jammu-based morcha of pro-India political parties and social organisations, including the Congress and the National Conference, advocated the immediate restoration of statehood and democracy.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the All Parties United Morcha (APUM), which also includes the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), United Peace Alliance and the Internationalist Democratic Party, sought the Indian Prime Minister’s intervention in addressing the shortcomings in the draft proposal prepared by the delimitation commission for IIOJK.
Addressing a joint press conference in Jammu, leaders of the morcha, including Congress chief spokesperson and former legislator Ravinder Sharma, former MP Sheikh Abdul Rehman and former minister Ram Paul of the National Conference, said, “Jammu and Kashmir is passing through a crucial phase as our historic state was brutally dismembered and downgraded. We are also deprived of a democratically elected government since June 2018.”
He said the morcha held a discussion last week and has decided to come together and remind the Indian prime minister, who is coming to Jammu and Kashmir, today, of his promise to the people about the restoration of statehood. He said all the parties are united in their demand for early restoration of statehood and democracy in Jammu and Kashmir.—INP
