NC declare 5 August ‘darkest day’, demand reintegration & statehood for J&K
NC declare 5 August ‘darkest day’, demand reintegration & statehood for J&K
M.U.H
05/08/2020526
Srinagar: The Kargil units of the Congress and the National Conference issued a joint statement a day ahead of the first anniversary of the scrapping of Article 370, demanding reunification of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and a return of statehood.
The parties declared 5 August the “darkest day in the history of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh”, and appealed to the people of Kargil to mark the day as ‘black day’ to “denounce the central government’s decision”.
Leaders of both parties said this in a joint statement at the end of an “all-party meeting”, to which they said the BJP was also invited but didn’t attend.
However, the parties have not demanded the restoration of Article 370, which gave special status to the former state of Jammu and Kashmir.
NC leader Hanifa Jan said while there was consensus on demanding the reunification of the UTs and restoration of statehood, the Kargil unit will take its cue from the party high command’s stand on the return of special status, whenever it decides.