Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 22: An emergency meeting of the JKNPP Working Committee was held today through virtual mode, in which the members sought intervention of President of India Ramnath Kovind for immediate restoration of Statehood to J&K hold fresh Assembly elections here before August 15, 2022.
JKNPP said that since August 5, 2019, the J&K is under President’s Rule and there has been no Assembly or State Govt while the residents of J&K and Ladakh have been suffering without the rule of democracy and elected Government.
JKNPP President Prof Bhim Singh presided over the emergency meeting and moved a resolution demanding restoration of Statehood which was demolished on August 5, 2019 by the Parliament.
The JKNPP Working Committee also called upon all recognized political parties in J&K to join this movement so that the work can take place successfully for the return of democracy and rule of law in J&K which stands buried in the grave of democracy in J&K and Ladakh at this moment of time.
The Panthers Party also demanded immediate removal of J&K Public Safety Act which is illegally retained in J&K under the Governor Rule.
The Working Committee informed that it has also started the process of identifying the candidates for the next Assembly election in J&K and Ladakh. The first list of selected candidate shall be comprising all those Panthers Party members who have won two Assembly elections till 2021, disclosed the meet, adding that each candidate shall inform the party President of his/her consent to contest election by middle of February, 2022 through a hand written communiqué.
Prof Bhim Singh declared in the Working Committee that he shall not be contesting any next election to the Assembly or Parliament from J&K. He shall support all the candidates from Ladakh, Kashmir and Jammu region with all his commitment.
The meeting was attended by P K Ganju, Masood Andrabi, Anita Thakur, S Paramjit Singh Marshall, Naresh Chib, Balwan Singh, Jehangir Khan, Neeraj Dewan, Surinder Kumar Wahi and others.
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