NC invites 52 Indian, IIOJK political, religious leaders for July 20 Statehood protest in New Delhi
Srinagar : In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the ruling National Conference (NC) has invited 52 leaders from India and Kashmir-based political parties, besides prominent religious leaders, to participate in its proposed protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 20, seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, invitation letters have been sent to leaders of the INDIA bloc as well as several other parties in an effort to build a broad political consensus around the demand for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood.
Among the prominent leaders invited are Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, DMK president M.K. Stalin, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav.
The National Conference has also extended invitations to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
From occupied Jammu and Kashmir, invitations have been sent to Democratic Progressive Azad Party Chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad, Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti, IIOJK BJP president Sat Paul Sharma, IIOJK Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra, CPI-M leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami and Awami Ittehad Party founder and chief Sheikh Abdul Rashid.
The National Conference has also invited prominent religious leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who heads the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), and Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam.
The protest has been scheduled for July 20 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi where the National Conference plans to press the Centre for the immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
The party has been reaching out to political parties, civil society organisations and other stakeholders in an attempt to project the demand as a collective aspiration cutting across political affiliations.
