JAMMU: Coming down heavily on the National Conference demand to have a separate Prime Minister for Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Parliamentary constituency Dr Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that in 1975, Sheikh Abdullah had meekly accepted to become Chief Minister, and not Prime Minister, when he was restored back to power by Indira Gandhi after having remained in wilderness for over two decades.
Addressing a series of public meetings in the Basohli Assembly segment, Dr Singh recalled that, at that time, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had snubbed Sheikh Abdullah by categorically stating that the hands of clock will not be turned back.
Thereafter, he said, Sheikh Abdullah, in his haste and enthusiasm to keep the Govt of India in good humour, set up a committee, called “Devi Das Thakur Committee”, and passed a resolution in the State Cabinet stating that all the provisions of the Constitution of India extended to Jammu and Kashmir were in the interest of the State. (AGENCIES)
Follow our WhatsApp channel