Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) on Friday slammed Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma over his remarks that statehood should be restored only after terrorism and separatism are completely uprooted from the Union Territory.
In a statement, NC’s state spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said Sharma’s remarks “directly contradict the promises” made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his election campaign visits to Srinagar and Jammu.
Dar expressed disappointment over the remarks, saying the LoP’s comments are a far cry from the “commitments” made by the prime minister and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the people of J-K.
BJP had accused the ruling National Conference (NC) of disrupting the functioning of the House and said statehood should be restored in Jammu and Kashmir only after terrorism and separatism are completely uprooted from the soil.
The party hit out at the NC, alleging that it did not allow the Assembly to function for the last three days. It said the ruling party created a history in the House by enforcing a logjam without caring about the people’s wishes and aspirations.
“If there are any remaining roots of separatism or terrorism, we want them to be uprooted completely, and only then should statehood be restored,” Leader of Opposition (LoP) and senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma told reporters here.
Sharma took a dig at the NC government for promoting, what he called, “radical ideology” in the Assembly and said, “We are not in favour of granting statehood at any cost if it means returning to a setup where a senior National Conference leader in the Assembly talks about dialogue with Pakistan and where slogans like ‘Naara-e-Takbeer, Allahu Akbar’ are raised.” “This is not Jama Masjid, where such religious slogans should be shouted. This is a legislative assembly, where people’s issues are discussed and solutions are found. The expectations people have from their representatives are fulfilled here,” Sharma had said
NC slams LoP over statehood remarks
