Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 23: Flaying the successive State Governments for undermining and downplaying the significance of Accession Day, chairman of the NPP and former minister Harshdev Singh has sought declaration of October 27 as holiday with its due observance as a State function.
Talking to media persons here today Singh said that Maharaja Hari Singh, the competent authority signed the Instrument of Accession on 26th Oct 1947 which was accepted by Lord Mountbatten on behalf of Indian Government on October 27, 1947 thus, completing the process of Accession and making J&K State an integral part of India.
Harshdev pointed out that accession of the State with Indian Union on October 27 gave legal and constitutional right to the State subjects of J&K to claim themselves as proud Indians. He however, regretted that despite Oct 27 being most significant day in the history of the State, it was not being celebrated officially by the Government.
Seeking the observance of October 27 as a State festival, he further sought declaration of Oct 27 as a State holiday. He further made fervent appeal to the students of colleges and universities to suspend academic activity on the said day and to organize festivities in their respective institutions so as to give a befitting reply to the separatists and anti-nationals who were questioning the constitutional status of J&K as an integral part of India.
NPP leader divulged that Panthers Party had been celebrating ‘Accession Day’ in Jammu since the time of the inception but this time it had taken out series of district wise rallies to celebrate Accession Week which started on October 17 from district Poonch. He said that the final rally shall be taken out on October 27 in Jammu with National fervour and gaiety. He further maintained that the rallies had been receiving a colossal support from the people from all sects which had showcased the fact that the majority of people of the State were hard core nationalists who always endorsed the State’s Accession with the country. He hailed the Accession as a symbol of nationalism and appealed the people to celebrate this day like any other National Day like 26th January and 15th August.
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