Jammu, Feb 03: Legislators of the ruling National Conference on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Legislative Assembly complex here, demanding the restoration of statehood and calling for an end to the harassment of Kashmiris in several states.<\/p>\n
Before the start of proceedings, NC lawmakers, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), converged outside the Assembly complex and staged a demonstration seeking the restoration of statehood.<\/p>\n
Carrying placards that read \u201cRestore constitutional guarantees,\u201d \u201cRestore statehood,\u201d and \u201cStop demonising Kashmiris,\u201d the NC legislators protested for nearly ten minutes before the House assembled.<\/p>\n
The lawmakers vociferously raised slogans such as \u201cReturn statehood\u201d and \u201cStop harassing Kashmiris.\u201d<\/p>\n
Talking to reporters, NC MLA and party spokesman Tanvir Sadiq said the time had come to return statehood and constitutional guarantees to Kashmiris.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are protesting against the injustice meted out to Kashmiris, whether it concerns constitutional guarantees or statehood. It is the appropriate time to restore the special status that was taken from us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Tanvir urged the Government of India to intervene and direct states to stop such incidents.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Prime Minister and Home Minister should issue an advisory to all states to prevent the recurrence of these incidents,\u201d he said, alleging that the BJP was trying to create a divide between Kashmir and Jammu. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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