{"id":181560,"date":"2025-08-18T10:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=181560"},"modified":"2025-08-18T10:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T05:47:07","slug":"statehood-not-a-privilege-but-constitutional-right-javed-rana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/08\/18\/statehood-not-a-privilege-but-constitutional-right-javed-rana.html","title":{"rendered":"Statehood not a privilege but constitutional right: Javed Rana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-181561\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/08\/7-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jammu: Javed Ahmed Rana, Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology &amp; Environment and Tribal Affairs, has said that Statehood is not a privilege but a constitutional right of the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Jal Shakti has started a signature campaign from his Mendhar constituency in the Poonch district for the restoration of statehood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have started the campaign for statehood restoration from here with my signature and I urge all the people of my constituency to come forward and sign this book,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Modi government has promised restoration of statehood on the completion of delimitation exercise and holding of Assembly elections and it is their moral duty to fulfill that promise.<\/p>\n<p>He said the dual power system in occupied Jammu and Kashmir is proving to be the \u201cbiggest hurdle\u201d for the National Conference government in serving the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur projects and proposals are not cleared (by the Lt Governor) and such a scenario is against the democratic system,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: Javed Ahmed Rana, Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology &amp; Environment and Tribal Affairs, has said that Statehood is not a privilege but a constitutional right of the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 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