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| J&K on ventilator, situation worse than 30 years ago: Azad | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Mar 23: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged on Monday that Jammu and Kashmir was on “ventilator” after the government put it under a “political quarantine” for the last seven months and a half, saying the situation there was worse than what it was even 30 years ago.
Initiating a debate in the Rajya Sabha on the Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bills, the Leader of Opposition in the Upper House of Parliament hoped that the next budget for Jammu and Kashmir would be passed in the Assembly there and all political detainees would be released immediately to help revive political activity in the state.
He also demanded an early grant of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which has been divided into two Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, since October 31 last year.
“A quarantine has been imposed, but Jammu and Kashmir is in a political quarantine for the last seven months and a half. We need to get out of it.
“The situation in Jammu and Kashmir now is even worse than what it was 30 years ago,” the Congress leader said.
“Jammu and Kashmir has been put on ventilator...you will have to remove Jammu and Kashmir from ventilator.
“I urge the government to release political workers, leaders and allow political activity. I also urge the government that statehood will have to be restored at the earliest, without any delay. You will have to give land rights like in north-east and Himachal Pradesh,” the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
He said the government should release political prisoners, grant compensation to the seven lakh families that have lost their livelihood due to the shutdown of Jammu and Kashmir and its tourism sector.
The Congress leader also called for creating jobs for the people of the Union territory.
He challenged the ruling party to “show” a single BJP leader from Jammu who agreed to anyone from the country buying land in Jammu or applying for jobs.
He also countered the government’’s charge that the previous Congress governments did not initiate steps for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, saying militancy was at its peak at that time and people were fleeing the state.
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