Will Gupkar Alliance take part in the elections in J&K? Here is what they have said.

The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Monday said that the assembly elections must be held in Jammu and Kashmir only after restoration of full Statehood.

In a press statement today, they also said they were disappointed with the “outcome” of the all-party meeting held by the Prime Minister, saying there was lack of substantial confidence building measures like release of political and other prisoners.

The PAGD spokesman M Y Tarigami said that the PAGD reiterated its commitment to fight together to “reverse the unconstitutional and unacceptable changes foisted on the people of J&K on 5th August 2019 using all constitutional, legal and political means at its disposal”.

All the members of the PAGD expressed their disappointment at the outcome of the Delhi meeting, especially at the absence of any substantial confidence building measures (CBMs) such as releasing political and other prisoners from jails and taking concrete steps to end the alleged “atmosphere of suppression” that has choked J-K since 2019, the spokesperson said.

The statement came after PAGD leaders met on Sunday evening under the chairmanship of Dr Farooq Abdullah at his residence in Srinagar. Mehbooba Mufti, M. Y. Tarigami, Justice(retd) Hasnain Masoodi, Javed Mustafa Mir and Muzaffar Ahmed Shah were part of the meeting.

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Sherjeel Malik

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