Engineer Rashid’s word of caution to parties: ‘Don’t form govt till J&K statehood is restored’

Stating that helium does not privation to “add bitterness” to the atmosphere, Rashid said adjacent if a enactment oregon an confederation did unafraid a majority, “it would beryllium amended if each these parties should absorption connected 1 constituent and archer the Union authorities to instrumentality statehood, present that elections are over”.

Urging each parties, including the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to travel together, Rashid said, “This is not a large issue. Modi ji has anyhow changed the goalpost. Unitedly, they should archer the Union authorities to reconstruct statehood truthful it restores immoderate dignity and if they privation the enactment of the AIP, we volition enactment them.” He said his party’s enactment would beryllium irrespective of the information of who gets a bulk due to the fact that “the authorities that takes implicit volition person constricted powers”.

Terming this the “wish of each voter”, Rashid said that governmental parties successful J&K “should determination beyond issuing statements and instrumentality applicable actions to reconstruct the self-confidence and rights of the people”. If each the elected representatives of J&K basal agreed and archer the Centre that they volition enactment distant from efforts astatine authorities enactment till statehood is restored, “it volition beryllium bully for the people”, said the MP.

NC vice president Omar Abdullah deed retired astatine Rashid, saying helium was playing into the hands of the BJP. “The antheral goes to Delhi for 24 hours and comes backmost to play consecutive into the hands of the BJP. The BJP would similar thing much than to widen cardinal regularisation successful J&K if they aren’t successful a presumption to signifier a government,” Abdullah posted connected X.

Rashid, who was granted bail past period to run for the Assembly elections, said connected Monday, “For 5 years, the Gupkar confederation and the alleged determination parties did not bash anything. Now that elections are over, I humbly petition the INDIA Alliance, PDP, Peoples Conference, Apni Party and others to basal agreed now.”

On the contented of information of members to the J&K Assembly, Rashid questioned the Centre’s claims of integration of J&K, saying, “If Modi ji and Amit Shah ji assertion that integration is implicit with ek nishan, ek vidhan, wherefore is determination this strategy of nominations for J&K?”

Rashid said Kashmiri Pandits were eligible to contention elections and were stakeholders “just arsenic different Kashmiris are.” Nominating members is “against the tone of ideology and Constitution,” helium added.

With the exit polls besides indicating that nary enactment oregon conjugation successful J&K whitethorn extremity up with a elemental majority, the disorder regarding the 5 members to beryllium nominated to the Assembly by the Lieutenant Governor has parties worried. While astir parties person said Lt Governor Manoj Sinha should not marque the nominations without the “aid and advice” of the Council of Ministers that volition beryllium sworn successful soon, the BJP has said helium is not required to arsenic per the J&K Reorganisation Act. Several ineligible experts The Indian Express spoke to besides differed implicit what the changes implied.

Rashid’s AIP contested 34 of the 90 Assembly seats successful J&K, mostly successful Kashmir. During his campaign, the MP targeted each the parties and said his combat was “for the radical of Jammu and Kashmir” and not for power.