SRINAGAR: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Wednesday said that the government must bring a bill to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir and hold elections in the region, saying that post bifurcation no development has taken place and people aren’t happy.
Addressing Rajya Sabha, Azad said, “I still fail to understand why the J-K state was bifurcated into two union territories even now there is no improvement in law and order as it used to be during the elected government including the militancy that was very lowest but the same stands heights now.”
In August 2019, New Delhi clamped curfews and imposed a communication blackout in Kashmir as it revoked the region’s decades-old limited-autonomy. “Developmental works were best during the elected local government while there is no developmental work at all and the parameters of health, education, and others is worse,” said Azad. “Post bifurcation the Educational institutions were shut and then came the pandemic but when the government started online classes there was no high-speed mobile internet available.”
“How is it possible for a state to develop when the educational institutions remain shut for 2 years,” he questioned the government, adding that 30 to 40 parameters were better than the national average what else was required since there was no rift or communal fight between Kashmir and Jammu divisions.
He said I never Vajpayee raising voice for bifurcation of J&K.
After bifurcation, thousands of people have lost their jobs in J&K and main sectors on which our economy depends in J&K have came to an end. (PTK)
