NEW DELHI, June 20: Ahead of a meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress today said the Centre should accept the demand for restoration of Statehood to J-K in the interest of the Constitution and democracy.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, however, did not say whether the party will participate in the June 24 meeting or not.
Surjewala drew attention to the August 6, 2019 resolution of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) where the party clearly demanded the restoration of full Statehood for the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
“We believe that undoing it is a direct attack on democracy and the Constitutional principles,” he told reporters when asked about the issue.
Surjewala said the Congress believes that grant of full Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir as also holding elections, so that people can elect their representatives and have an Assembly of their own to carry on the affairs of the State instead of a rule by Delhi, is the only way forward to guarantee full restoration of democratic rights in Jammu and Kashmir.
“It is now for the Prime Minister and the BJP to decide whether to hold a meeting or to accept the demand of the Indian National Congress in the interest of Constitution, democracy and the people to restore full Statehood to the State of Jammu and Kashmir,” Surjewala said.(PTI)
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