Srinagar, Aug 05 (KNS): The Awami National Conference Thursday said that the BJP dishonored the Constitution of the Country, the Supreme Court and the Parliament on 5th August 2019 in a brazen unconstitutional, undemocratic, illegal act of abrogating the Article 370 and 35-A and splitting the state into two Union Territories. 

In a statement, issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), ANC said that today on the Second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A,  the celebrations being undertaken by BJP under the shadow of the gun are laughable and amount to adding salt on the wounds of the common man in Kashmir. 

“The harsh undemocratic and unconstitutional stance adopted by the present dispensation has reached its peak in demolishing the constitutional rights of the people. The spontaneous shutdown against the 5th August 2019 constitutional disaster and the action of the state administration forcing the business and trade community to open their establishments prompting them with dire consequences, speaks volumes of the ground situation in Kashmir,” ANC president Khalida Shah said in the statement.

She further stated that the reality of the ground situation in Kashmir is totally opposite to what the BJP and its “Godi media” is feeding the masses in the Country. “Where is the development, where are the jobs, where are the projects, why is the youth frustrated, why is Kashmir turned in to a Police state with harassment at every nook and corner,” she questioned.

She said that it is high time the Prime Minister and his colleagues understand the pain and suffering of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. 

“The constitutional guarantees provided to J&K under the Constitution of the Country will have to be restored, the sooner the better. Article 370 and 35-A belong to every citizen of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh irrespective of region and religion,” she stated.

She further said that the people of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh are proud of their Historic, Political, Social and Secular background. (KNS)