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Cong demands statehood before assembly elections 12/10/2022 10:54:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 10: Congress on Saturday demanded that statehood must be restored before holding polls in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. "We have been demanding that the statehood should be restored to Jammu and Kashmir. We are still raising this demand", Rajni Patil, Rajya Sabha member and AICC incharge of J&K, told media persons at Jammu on Saturday. "Union Home Ministry Amit Shah has assured on the floor of the Rajya Sabha to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir", she said and asked the Union Government to fulfill its commitment to giving back statehood to J&K. "We are of the opinion that assembly elections in J&K will be held after the restoration of statehood", she said and argued that Union Government should grant statehood to J&K before announcing assembly polls. Rajni Patil, however, asserted that Congress is ready for assembly elections at any time in J&K. She said that the defeat of the BJP in Himachal Pradesh is the beginning of the downfall of the Saffron Party. Notably, the Union Government has repeatedly mentioned that statehood to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir would be granted at an "appropriate time" Recently, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai said that decision to grant statehood to J&K would be taken at an appropriate time. After the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two UTs of J&K and Ladakh. The top leadership of the BJP has repeatedly promised to restore statehood to J&K at an appropriate time. During his visit to Jammu and Kashmir in October 2021 the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah had reiterated that the assembly elections will be held in the union territory after delimitation and restoration of statehood will follow. Shah said he has made a promise in Parliament that the statehood of J&K would be restored and it would be done after the assembly elections.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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