Srinagar: Restoration of Article 370 and statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, as well as implementation of the autonomy resolution passed by the erstwhile assembly in 2000, are among the 12 guarantees of the National Conference announced in its manifesto for the upcoming elections.
In June 2000, the National Conference government headed by Farooq Abdullah passed a resolution in the Assembly seeking to restore the pre-1953 constitutional status in the state. However, the resolution was rejected by the Union Cabinet headed by the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.
The Narendra Modi government abrogated Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, in 2019 and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
Presenting the manifesto at a press conference here, NC Vice Chairman Omar Abdullah said the party only makes promises it can fulfil. He described the manifesto as the NC’s vision document and a roadmap for governance.
The manifesto makes 12 broad promises, including the fight for full implementation of the Autonomy Resolution passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in 2000.
“We are working to restore 370-35A and statehood as it existed prior to August 5, 2019,” the North Carolina election document states.
In the interim period, “we will endeavour to redraft the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Transaction of Business Rules, 2019,” he said.
The manifesto promises that the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, in its first list of business after the elections, will pass a resolution against the Centre’s decision to strip the region of its statehood and special status.
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections will be held in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The results will be declared on October 4.
Last December, the Supreme Court had directed the poll panel to hold the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections by September 30.
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