5Photo© thehindu.comRahul Gandhi Writes To PM Modi, Urges Legislation In Parliament To Restore J&K Statehood
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New Delhi: The Congress party has urged the Centre to introduce legislation in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament to restore full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, which has remained a union territory since its reorganisation in 2019.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi have jointly written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pressing for the passage of a bill to grant statehood to the UT.
“For the past five years, the people of Jammu and Kashmir have consistently called for the restoration of full statehood. This demand is both legitimate and firmly grounded in their constitutional and democratic rights,” the letter stated.
“ In view of the foregoing and aforementioned, we urge upon the Government to bring forward a legislation in the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament to grant full statehood to the Union Territory of…
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