Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president, Ghulam Ahmad Mir has said that any tinkering with the special status of J&K would further alienate the people of the state.
In a statement Mir said that “BJP miserably is trying to mislead people to gain mileage under the garb of tinkering with special status of the state. This would prove to be disastrous.”
Mir said that the Special status granted to the J&K State is a settled issue, any misadventure with regard to Art 35 A, as reported, would further deepen the alienation among the people the fire of which will engulf the entire J&K state.
He said BJP on the behest of RSS and other communal forces seems hell bent upon to tinker with the Art 35 A aiming to regain the lost ground, but I want to caution BJP about the fallout of such a move, which would be very disastrous and disturbing.
ANY TAMPERING OR FIDDLING WITH ARTICLE 35-A WON’T BE TOLERATED: EJAC
President of the Employees Joint Action Committee Fayaz Ahmad Shabnam expressed deep concern over the prevailing situation in Kashmir.
“The Article 35 -A is not only our legal or civil identity but it also corresponds to our existence as people. The future of our children and our resources are bond with this article. Employees are the part and parcel of the society so we are together in every situation faced by the people of the Valley,” he said in a statement.
He said that any tinkering with Article 35-A will not be tolerated and “if it happens EJAC will not hesitate to come on the streets and its consequences will thereof lie on the government. “
He urged the government to respect the emotions and sentiments of the people of the Valley by utilising all its resources to protect the Article 35-A. He also urged the government to release all the innocent persons especially political and religious scholars who have been arrested recently and clear the atmosphere of confusion and uneasiness in the valley.