Karra asks BJP MPs, MLAs to break silence on statehood

Cong launches ‘Ghar Ghar Dastak’ campaign

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 16: The Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president, Tariq Hameed Karra today asked the local MPs and MLAs from BJP to break their silence on the issue of Statehood to the Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a large gathering after launching “Ghar Ghar Dastak, Har Ghar Dastak, campaign for restoration of Statehood from Purani Mandi, Jammu East, Karra said the BJP MLAs and the MPs have maintained total silence on the issue of Statehood despite the fact that the people of J&K have suffered a lot due to snatching of the statehood of this historic state.

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He questioned the BJP and its 29 MLAs and MPs from J&K asking them to break their silence and clear their stand on this most important of 1.40 crore citizens of J&K.
Karra said that the people of Jammu & Kashmir have been waiting for more than six years for the restoration of statehood and constitutional rights, status, identity, and other democratic rights, which were unilaterally taken away without their consent.
He stressed that the Congress Party stands firmly with the people and will continue to raise its voice until full statehood is reinstated. He said the Humari Riasat, Humara Haq campaign aims to take this message to every household, through corner meetings for a peaceful and democratic mass movement as the voice of the people is being ignored by the BJP Government at the Centre.
Working president Raman Bhalla emphasized that the people of Jammu region in particular have suffered administrative neglect, unemployment, economic slowdown, and increased distress after the downgrading of the state into a Union Territory. He said that large promises were made, but on the ground, residents are still battling inflation, rising electricity bills, poor infrastructure, and lack of job opportunities.
Former minister Yogesh Sawhney criticised the current governance model, stating that the bureaucratic system imposed in J&K has distanced decision-making from the common people. He said elected representatives were replaced by administrators who are neither accessible nor accountable to the public. This has deeply affected grassroots development, civic planning, and public grievance redressal.
Chief spokesperson JKPCC Ex-MLC Ravinder Sharma stated that the Humari `Riasat, Humara Haq’ campaign is not just a political movement but a people-centric struggle for Dogra identity, status and rights. He said restoration of Darbar Move was promised by Congress in its manifesto and has been fulfilled.
Incharge Party (HQ Ved Mahajan besides several other senior Congress leaders were present on the occasion.

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