Srinagar, Mar 16 (KNS): Senior Congress leader Prof Saif-ud-din Soz on Monday offered greetings to NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah and welcomed his release and simultaneously hoped his role at the present day Kashmir’s ‘Cross Road Situation’.
According to statement issued to Kashmir News Servive (KNS), Soz said “While offering greetings to Dr Farooq Abdullah on phone, the other day, I welcomed his release and hoped that he would realize, in full measure, his role at the present day Kashmir’s ‘Cross Road Situation”.
He said, “As the people know, we have fallen to bad times. So, we must close our ranks and realize our joint responsibility for future”.
“The moot point for mainstream leadership of Kashmir is to ponder over why the Centre put the entire mainstream leadership either in jail or under house arrest since August 5, 2019, when it abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution of India, unilaterally. It is also incumbent upon the mainstream Leadership, particularly the National Conference (NC), to adopt a mechanism to sort-out issues with the Centre so that things don’t go awry in future!”,statement reads.
According to Congress leader, “If the Constitution of India offers accommodation to the resolution of Kashmir issue, then, the Union should take steps to revive the democratic process in Kashmir. It is only then that the electoral process can be undertaken at some point of time in future. It is the Centre that has to come clean on how the state’s Constitutional Relationship with it (the Union) can be strengthened as a Cooperative and Collaborative Effort”.
“Meanwhile, the crucial question is not the restoration of statehood which the BJP itself wants to happen, but, seeking, at least, a close substitute to the abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution of India”, statement said. (KNS)