Don’t Misled the People of J&K over Article 35 A: Kavinder Gupta

Jammu, Sept 5: Reacting to National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah’s statement who on Wednesday said “his party will not participate in local body elections unless the Centre and the state government clears its position on Article 35 A and takes effective steps for its protection in and inside the court.” Former Deputy Chief Minister and MLA Gandhi Nagar said that it is not good on part of National Conference Leadership to correlate the issue of article 35 A, which is still Sub-judice, and the recently announced Local Bodies elections. The elections to these basic units of local administration are must for the development of the state. Every regional as well as National in the state should welcome the decision of state Government and come forward to participate in the electoral process. If these elections do not take place, then approximately Rs 4,400 crore financial grant would lapse in our state, he said. He urged all the main political parties of the state, not to play with the sentiments of the people of Jammu and Kashmir on pretext of Article 35 A. Gupta also criticised the role of Hurriyat Leaders and cautioned them to refrain from instigating people on the issue.