Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Awami National Conference (ANC) will welcome Bharat Jodo Yatra on its arrival in Jammu and Kashmir.
ANC Sr Vice President Muzaffar Shah will receive yatra.
In a statement issued to the press today in Srinagar, the ANC President Begum Khalida Shah said that people of J&K welcome the Bharat Jado Yatra that has rekindled a ray of hope of a secular and a democratic India – “A home to all religions.” The people of J&K stand united with the massive majority in the country that want to end the hateful and divisive politics being played in the name of region & religion in the country.
The ANC Chief said that Kashmir historically has been a bedrock of pluralistic culture, ethos and a fountain head of secularism. It was these criteria alone that Kashmir established its relations with the Union of India in 1947 when her father Sher e Kashmir Sheikh Mohd Abdullah threw in his lot with a democratic, social and secular India by aligning with the founders of modern India led by Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.
In spite of major political upheavals and constant erosion of its constitutional guarantees & special status that Kashmir has witnessed since 1953, the people of J&K continue to maintain their secular and democratic character.
The ANC Chief further stated that today it is the duty of all major political parties in the country along with the social fabric to join hands and bring back the country on its original path of secular credentials, religious tolerance and social values as enshrined in the Constitution.

KR Desk