“First give Statehood then Election” : Ghulam Nabi Azad on Jammu and Kashmir
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said, “When PM invited political leaders from Kashmir at his residence, I had demanded that we’d like to have statehood followed by the elections. Other parties also demanded. Home Minister assured us that statehood will be granted and delimitation commission will give the report.”
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said asked the Centre not to do the mistake of doing delimitation first in Jammu and Kashmir and then giving it a statehood.
“When PM invited political leaders from Kashmir at his residence, I had demanded that we’d like to have statehood followed by the elections. Other parties also demanded. Home Minister assured us that statehood will be granted and delimitation commission will give the report,” Azad said.
“I had requested both Prime Minister & Home Minister that we’re thankful to them that statehood is being granted and state shouldn’t have been divided into two. But having been divided, now you’ve agreed to give statehood but don’t do the mistake of doing delimitation first & then giving statehood,” Ghulam Nabi Azad mentioned.
