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NPP Supremo urges President to hold meeting with J&K political parties 8/12/2019 10:32:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 12: Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party & Sr. Executive Member of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) urged Shri Ramnath Kovind, the President of India to call representatives of all Jammu and Kashmir recognized political parties besides former legislators of non-recognised political parties in J&K to give them opportunity to convey their views on the latest development in J&K. Jammu and Kashmir has been divided into two separate entities as Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh. The people of Ladakh had been demanding this kind of Union Territory status for long. The residents of rest of the state i.e. Jammu and Kashmir have never demanded this kind of treatment. In his letter to the President of India, the Panthers Party Supremo has submitted that this latest development converting Jammu and Kashmir into a Union Territory has not been welcomed by the residents of Kashmir Valley nor by Jammu province. The residents of Kashmir and Jammu have not accepted this kind of treatment by the Union Govt. He submits that Article 35-A was not an Act of Parliament and the President has exercise his power in accordance with the mandate of the Constitution. The Parliament has amended temporary Article 370 in accordance with the procedure adopted and power vested in the Parliament. So far as the status of J&K as a state is concerned that could not be changed by the Parliament without the consultation of the residents of Kashmir Valley and Jammu Pradesh. The residents of Ladakh had been demanding for long and their legal representative namely, legislators had been demanding this status of Union Territory. On the other side residents of Jammu province or Kashmir Division have never demanded any status like Union Territory.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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