The Gupkar Alliance passed a resolution in a meeting on Tuesday, demanding restoration of statehood and Articles 370 and 35A.
The alliance’s spokesperson and CPI(M) leader MY Tarigami made the announcement on the resolution at the end of the meeting that was called to discuss the prevailing situation in the Union territory.
The meeting was held at alliance chairman and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah’s residence at Gupkar at 11 am.
“To India’s civil society and political parties, we want to convey that we too want to live a life of dignity. However, the current government takes pride in inflicting humiliation on us. It’s unacceptable to people of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh,” M.Y. Tarigami said.
“We will rest our case before the people of India and the political parties. We appeal all that the current trend of humiliating people should end. Besides, the voices are being muzzled. It has dangerous consequences for the entire nation,” Mr. Tarigami said.
They warned the Central government against misconstruing “the current graveyard’s silence in J&K as normalcy”. It demanded an “end to humiliating people that, otherwise, has dangerous consequences”.
Outside Officers, Passport ban and prisoners
He accused the LG (Lieutenant Governor) administration of depriving local officers of top positions in the government. “Most of the posts are held by the outside officers,” he added.
The Gupkar alliance also criticised the move not to issue security clearance to people involved in pelting of stones for passports and jobs. “Nobody can be deprived of their rights until proved guilty by the court,” Mr. Tarigami stated.
Referring to their demand made during the all-party meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24, he said, “We want to ask the government how many people have been released. There are cases where people have been released by courts after a decade saying they were innocent.”
(Inputs from ANI)