Jammu residents celebrate passing of special status resolution
Jammu: Scores of residents of Jammu in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir celebrated the passing of special status resolution at the district headquarters of the Jammu Kashmir National conference. (NC)
According to Kashmir Media Service, joined by both locals and the workers of NC, raising slogans in favour of the chief minister, Omar Abdullah, burst crackers, welcoming the passing of the resolution to demand special status for the territory.
Mission statehood president Sunil Dimple, hailing the move, said the people of Jammu who have faced immense hardships for the last several years are welcoming the move.
Sunil Dimple said on 5 August, the Modi government made an attempt to snatch the special status and identity of Jammu Kashmir. He said State subject law granted by Dogra kings was snatched from Kashmiris and the Dogra pride was reduced to a mere symbolism by the BJP. There were people in Jammu who opposed the decision, but the IT cell of the BJP labelled them with one or the other tag, but nevertheless, we did not give up the fight, he maintained.
He said the Jammu and Kashmir government, through the resolution, has made an attempt to preserve the heritage of Maharaja Hari Singh who fought for Kashmir’s special status.
