JKNPP seeks President Pranab Mukherjee intervention; demands dissolution of Legislative Assembly

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party ( JKNPP) today sought intervention of President Pranab Mukherjee into the alleged ongoing crisis in the state and demanded dissolution of the Legislative Assembly.

"We urge President of India to intervene into the serious crisis developed in J-K. We also advise Governor to dissolve the state Assembly without any delay so that fresh elections may be held this year to elect a new government in accordance with the J&K Constitution which differ from the Constitution of India," JKNPP Patron Bhim Singh said.

Singh said that the political situation in the state is beyond any repairs and new government of the 'hawks' and 'doves' cannot be constituted only to please the power hungry and corrupt politicians responsible for corruption, militancy, lawlessness and political mess in the state.

Singh also emphasized that the Governor should invoke special powers and introduce delimitation of the Assembly constituencies.

"Firstly all the reserved Assembly seats in Jammu region should be rotated without any delay, which have been kept under reservation for nearly two decades," Singh said.

He also demanded that the Assembly constituencies should be delimited according to the Constitution of new districts in the state as the law does not permit an Assembly constituency to be extended to another district.

Singh said that the President of India is vested with power to amend Article 370 and he should end this draconian provision inserted in Article 370.

He demanded that Jammu and Kashmir should be reorganized by establishing twin states, Jammu State and Kashmir valley State by giving each state 'state powers' so that each state shall act of its own with full control over subjects mentioned in the State List (Schedule-VII).

Singh said that the new confederation of states may have one Governor and one High Court with the subjects in the Concurrent List may remain common.

He suggested that Ladakh region, if the people there agree may be brought under the Union Territory (List).

Singh appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to consider this aspect which is the only way to open windows of progress, development and respectable rehabilitation of the people from all the regions.