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Kashmiri Pandit NGO demands restoration of special status, Article 370 to J&K

By A Representative
Reconciliation, Relief and Rehabilitation, an organization of Kashmiri Pandits, has demanded that Article 370 should be reinstated in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) ahead of the completion of a year of its abrogation by the government of India on August 5, 2019. The Government of India (GoI) move bifurcated the state of J&K into into two Union Territories -- J&K and Ladakh.
Demanding “immediate restoration of the special status, enjoyed by J&K before it was taken away by the GoI, n a statement, the Kashmiri Pandit group said, "The Indian Constitution ensures the right to equality that extends to individuals, communities, religions, regions, and all social and political institutions. The right to equality ensures non-discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, region, or any other social and political sub-categories.”
Signed by Satish Mahaldar, chairman of the organisation, the statement added, “Never before a state has been downgraded. This is not done in a democracy. One can't have a military solution to a political situation and can't go to war with their own people."
In an appeal to the Prime Minister and the Home Minister, the statement said, "The people of J&K were your own people, love them. As a good gesture, confer special status to the J&K. The representatives /parliamentarians are for the people, by the people and they need to understand the aspiration and the wishes of the people".
It insisted, the special provisions should be restored in order to “safeguard the interest and aspirations of the backward regions, to protect the cultural and economic interests of the people, safeguard the minorities and deal with the disturbed law and order in some parts of the state.”

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  1. Amwzed to know such nackstabbers exist among Kashmiri pandits. Will this gesture of these stupid group will enable pandits to get justice due to jihadi terrorism.

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