Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 5: Congress on Saturday observed that the Dogra identity is under threat due to steps taken by the government during the last over two years.
Party observed that Jammu and Kashmir has lost its identity as a special status Dogra state in the country with a unique historical background and people will never forget that they lost their rights and powers as state subjects.
The party observed that before August 5, 2019, Jammu and Kashmir was known as Dogra state and it was the crown of India because of its unique identity, history, and secular values.
“The Dogra state was decimated, divided, and downgraded into a UT not better than a large Municipal body on 5th August 2019 against the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir”, chief spokesman of Congress Ravinder Sharma said.
“It was a historical blunder to disband the Dogra state, downgrade it and strip the residents of their bonafide rights to land and jobs without their consent”, he said.
“A law was made to strip people of their identity, rights, and powers against the wishes of the residents by putting them hostage, rendering them voiceless and speechless and remedyless, in the largest democracy of the world”, Congress spokesman said.
He said that the promise of the restoration of statehood on the floor of the Parliament and the holding of elections and restoration of full democracy has no deadline.
“The selective killings of innocents especially of minorities and the outside labour have continued, the migrants could not return, people feel insecure but still it enjoys the status of a crown”, he said. |
