{"id":4476,"date":"2023-10-26T06:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4476"},"modified":"2023-10-26T06:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T06:24:41","slug":"congress-to-observe-4th-anniversary-of-jk-becoming-ut-on-31-oct-as-black-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/congress-to-observe-4th-anniversary-of-jk-becoming-ut-on-31-oct-as-black-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress to observe 4th anniversary of J&K becoming UT on 31 Oct as ‘Black day’"},"content":{"rendered":"

JAMMU: The\u00a0<\/span>day\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>formally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>became\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span>territory\u00a0<\/span><\/span>four\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ago,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>31,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“black\u00a0<\/span><\/span>day”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Vikar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rasool\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Wani<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Congress<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requested\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>princely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statehood\u00a0<\/span><\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>restored\u00a0<\/span><\/span>immediately,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accusing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ruining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>splitting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span>territories.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accordance\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Article\u00a0<\/span>370\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Constitution<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terminated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>status\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>August\u00a0<\/span>5,\u00a0<\/span>2019,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>divided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>territories\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ladakh<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>On\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>31,\u00a0<\/span>2019,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Reorganisation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Act,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>includes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>split\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>union\u00a0<\/span>territories,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>came\u00a0<\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>force.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Wani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>meeting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajouri<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Congress<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>preparing\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>celebrate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UT\u00a0<\/span><\/span>diwas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span><\/span>31).\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Some\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>characterising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>temporary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>move.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>mark\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“black\u00a0<\/span><\/span>day”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>policies,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>destroyed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>state.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dogra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>king,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Maharaja\u00a0<\/span>Hari\u00a0<\/span>Singh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gave\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>suffered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>greatly,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>turned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>union\u00a0<\/span>territories\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>time\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>history\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>turned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span>territories\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>special\u00a0<\/span>status\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>revoked,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>policies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>economically\u00a0<\/span><\/span>—\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>number\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unemployment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>businesses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>decline,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>leader\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remarked,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>party.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Wani,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>most\u00a0<\/span>recent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assembly\u00a0<\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>took\u00a0<\/span>place\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2014.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Even\u00a0<\/span>though\u00a0<\/span><\/span>polls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>regions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>allowing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worries\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>anti-people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>policies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>lead\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>defeat,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Even\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>urban\u00a0<\/span><\/span>local\u00a0<\/span><\/span>body\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>panchayat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>polls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>being\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deferred\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>hide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>failures\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Congress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>criticised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>inability\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>fill\u00a0<\/span><\/span>open\u00a0<\/span>positions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>agencies,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2010,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>teacher\u00a0<\/span><\/span>position\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>true\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span>sectors\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>electricity,\u00a0<\/span>water,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forests,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fisheries.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Wani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“everyone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wants\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>go”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>asked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>party\u00a0<\/span>members\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>put\u00a0<\/span><\/span>aside\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>differences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BJP.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>preparation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lok\u00a0<\/span>Sabha\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elections,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>urged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>exercise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>caution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>around\u00a0<\/span><\/span>political\u00a0<\/span>groups\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>formed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“secret\u00a0<\/span><\/span>alliance”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BJP.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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JAMMU: The\u00a0day\u00a0when\u00a0the\u00a0former\u00a0state\u00a0of\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0formally\u00a0became\u00a0a\u00a0union\u00a0territory\u00a0four\u00a0years\u00a0ago,\u00a0October\u00a031,\u00a0was\u00a0declared\u00a0a\u00a0“black\u00a0day”\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0Congress\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday. Vikar\u00a0Rasool\u00a0Wani,\u00a0the\u00a0leader\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0Congress,\u00a0requested\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0princely\u00a0state’s\u00a0statehood\u00a0be\u00a0restored\u00a0immediately,\u00a0accusing\u00a0the\u00a0BJP\u00a0of\u00a0ruining\u00a0it\u00a0by\u00a0splitting\u00a0it\u00a0into\u00a0two\u00a0union\u00a0territories. In\u00a0accordance\u00a0with\u00a0Article\u00a0370\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Constitution,\u00a0the\u00a0Centre\u00a0terminated\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir’s\u00a0special\u00a0status\u00a0on\u00a0August\u00a05,\u00a02019,\u00a0and\u00a0divided\u00a0the\u00a0region\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0union\u00a0territories\u00a0of\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0and\u00a0Ladakh.On\u00a0October\u00a031,\u00a02019,\u00a0the\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0Reorganisation\u00a0Act,\u00a0which\u00a0includes\u00a0provisions\u00a0to\u00a0split\u00a0the\u00a0state\u00a0into\u00a0two\u00a0union\u00a0territories,\u00a0came\u00a0into\u00a0force. Wani\u00a0made\u00a0the\u00a0following\u00a0statement\u00a0at\u00a0a\u00a0meeting\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Rajouri\u00a0district\u00a0unit\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Congress:\u00a0“The\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0administration\u00a0is\u00a0preparing\u00a0to\u00a0celebrate\u00a0UT\u00a0diwas\u00a0(on\u00a0October\u00a031).\u00a0Some\u00a0people\u00a0were\u00a0characterising\u00a0it\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0temporary\u00a0move.” The\u00a0Congress\u00a0will\u00a0mark\u00a0it\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0“black\u00a0day”\u00a0in\u00a0protest\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0BJP’s\u00a0policies,\u00a0which\u00a0have\u00a0destroyed\u00a0the\u00a0state. The\u00a0last\u00a0Dogra\u00a0king,\u00a0Maharaja\u00a0Hari\u00a0Singh,\u00a0gave\u00a0India\u00a0the\u00a0region\u00a0of\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir,\u00a0which\u00a0has\u00a0suffered\u00a0greatly,\u00a0he\u00a0remarked. “The\u00a0Congress\u00a0has\u00a0turned\u00a0union\u00a0territories\u00a0into\u00a0states\u00a0but\u00a0this\u00a0was\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0time\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0history\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0country\u00a0that\u00a0a\u00a0state\u00a0was\u00a0turned\u00a0into\u00a0two\u00a0union\u00a0territories\u00a0and\u00a0its\u00a0special\u00a0status\u00a0was\u00a0revoked,”\u00a0he\u00a0stated. “The\u00a0BJP’s\u00a0policies\u00a0hit\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0economically\u00a0—\u00a0we\u00a0are\u00a0number\u00a0one\u00a0in\u00a0unemployment\u00a0and\u00a0our\u00a0businesses\u00a0are\u00a0now\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0decline,”\u00a0the\u00a0Congress\u00a0leader\u00a0remarked,\u00a0taking\u00a0aim\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0party. According\u00a0to\u00a0Wani,\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir’s\u00a0most\u00a0recent\u00a0assembly\u00a0elections\u00a0took\u00a0place\u00a0in\u00a02014. Even\u00a0though\u00a0polls\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0announced\u00a0in\u00a0several\u00a0other\u00a0regions\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0nation,\u00a0the\u00a0BJP\u00a0is\u00a0not\u00a0allowing\u00a0elections\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0held\u00a0because\u00a0it\u00a0worries\u00a0that\u00a0its\u00a0anti-people\u00a0policies\u00a0will\u00a0lead\u00a0to\u00a0its\u00a0defeat,\u00a0he\u00a0claimed. “Even\u00a0the\u00a0urban\u00a0local\u00a0body\u00a0and\u00a0panchayat\u00a0polls\u00a0are\u00a0being\u00a0deferred\u00a0to\u00a0hide\u00a0the\u00a0failures\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0BJP,”\u00a0he\u00a0stated. 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