{"id":11340,"date":"2026-02-04T20:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=11340"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:04:18","slug":"statehood-demand-should-have-been-in-lgs-address-mla-irfan-hafeez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/statehood-demand-should-have-been-in-lgs-address-mla-irfan-hafeez\/","title":{"rendered":"Statehood demand should have been in LG\u2019s address: MLA Irfan Hafeez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jammu, Feb 04:\u00a0<\/strong>In a subtle snub to the National Conference, Congress MLA Irfan Hafeez Lone on Wednesday said that the demand for statehood should have been reiterated in the Lieutenant Governor\u2019s address.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Motion of Thanks on the Lieutenant Governor\u2019s Address, Irfan Hafeez Lone-who is also a petitioner in the statehood case-said that the demand for statehood should have been included in the LG\u2019s speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last LG\u2019s address, it was said that \u2018My Government recognises the emotional and political significance of statehood for the people and is actively engaging with all stakeholders to facilitate this process in a manner that ensures peace, stability and progress.\u2019 The Supreme Court also reflected submissions about the cabinet resolution on statehood. In its order, the Court noted: \u2018It is also submitted that the cabinet of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir passed a resolution on 18.10.2024, requesting the Union of India to take up the matter of restoration of statehood,\u2019\u201d Lone said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Solicitor General had submitted before the Supreme Court that the Union Territory of Jammu &amp; Kashmir and the Government of India are in consultation over the issue of statehood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to say that the demand for restoration of statehood should have been mentioned in this LG\u2019s Address,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Lone further said that the way Kashmiris are being harassed across the country is a matter of serious concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a matter of serious concern,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that all citizens are equal before the law and argued that MLA Mehraj Malik\u2019s detention amounted to \u201cimprisoning the Assembly and undermining it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he has spoken rudely, it does not warrant action under the Public Safety Act,\u201d Lone added<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu, Feb 04:\u00a0In a subtle snub to the National Conference, Congress MLA Irfan Hafeez Lone on Wednesday said that the demand for statehood should have been reiterated in the Lieutenant Governor\u2019s address. Speaking on the Motion of Thanks on the Lieutenant Governor\u2019s Address, Irfan Hafeez Lone-who is also a petitioner in the statehood case-said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11342,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340\/revisions\/11342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}