UT status only demand of Ladakhis’ -- HM Rajnath Singh...

[lupgain]

As Home Minister Rajnath Singh started his two-day Ladakh trip on Monday, local political, religious and social organisations have demanded a Union Territory (UT) status for Ladakh.

Following a meeting with local representatives, the home minister said, "They have only one demand and that is a UT status for Ladakh"

Rajnath, who reached here today on his two-day visit to Ladakh region, also stated that the Union Territory (UT) status was the only demand of all political parties, religious, cultural and social organization representatives in Leh

PARTIES UNITE FOR UT STATUS


The all-party delegation that met Singh also comprised representatives from religious and social organisations. They submitted a memorandum to the home minister appealing him to grant the UT status to Leh-Ladakh.

KEEPING HIS WORD

Later, addressing mediapersons at ITBP, Choglamsar, Singh said that he had kept his word on visiting Ladakh, and has heard the demands and aspirations of the people. During his last month visit to Jammu and Kashmir for an all-party delegation meet, he had said that he will visit Ladakh soon.

Ladakhis have always complained that visits by political leaders are always confined to either the Kashmir Valley or the Jammu region, Singh said. "I had made a commitment that I would convene a meeting with all parties and their representatives from Leh district to attend to their demands and aspirations," he added.

KARGIL VISIT TODAY
Meanwhile, the home minister will visit Kargil today to meet local stakeholders, in line with the ongoing dialogue between the government and the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Moving away from his schedule, Singh will also make a stopover at Drass to pay tribute to soldiers at the War Memorial.

This is Singh's fourth visit to Jammu and Kashmir ever since the unrest gripped the state following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8.

 

[lupgain]

Good we need to secure .. healthy organ from getting rotten

 

[OrangeFlorian]

Next make Jammu its own state.

 

[lupgain]

Next make Jammu its own state.

true bro.. to remove cancer of JKLF and Hurriyat.. secure areas which are not infected badly yet.. before they get into the scorch of radicalisation..

 

[OrangeFlorian]

true bro.. to remove cancer of JKLF and Hurriyat.. secure areas which are not infected badly yet.. before they get into the scorch of radicalisation..

YEA BOYEE:bounce::bounce::bounce:

 

[OrangeFlorian]

We must make sure Ladakh and Jammu do not become Kosovo

 

[lupgain]

Further I believe

Leh & Ladakh as UT
Jammu as another state

These decisions will give a big blow to pakistan's policy ..

 

[lupgain]

We must make sure Ladakh and Jammu do not become Kosovo

They won't coz they are places with considerable amount of hindu and buddhist populations..

 

[OrangeFlorian]

It appears the Modi govt is finally addressing some issues people have been talking about for some time thats good progress

 

[OrangeFlorian]

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[OrangeFlorian]

After Ladakh, Jammu joins ‘azadi from Kashmir’ chorus

Tribune News Service

Jammu, September 2

After Ladakh raising the demand for separation from Kashmir amid turmoil in the state, the civil society in Jammu has joined the chorus for separate Jammu and integration into India.


Speakers at a seminar conducted by the Jammu for India (JFI) raised concerns over ‘Islamic domination’ and alleged that the Central government continued to hold the view that Kashmir represented the whole of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and Muslims of Kashmir represented all people of the state.


“We unequivocally demand liberation from this Islamic dispensation,” said JFI chairman Hari Om. He added that a separate state of Jammu was the only alternative for nationalists.


Thupstan Chhewang, BJP MP from Ladakh, had recently said the people of Ladakh were getting restless and did not want to remain with Kashmir as they felt it does not bode well for their security.


He had said an attempt was being made to bring together all political parties in Ladakh in a move for a front that would push for union territory status. He had stated that he would raise the issue during the upcoming national executive of the BJP in Kerala.


Taking cue from the move generated in Ladakh for separation from Kashmir, Jammu civil society today raised the same issue and called for a separate state of Jammu.


“Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s inability to visit Jammu and Ladakh at a time when a seditious war is being waged has given the impression that the Government of India considers all constituencies in the state that stand by India as irrelevant and peripheral to its concerns. Demonstrating such a selective liking has added fuel to the separatist war,” said the JFI chairman.


When contacted, BJP MP Jugal Kishore Sharma declined to comment on the issue. “I am in a meeting and will soon revert to you with the answer,” he said. He later kept his mobile phone switched off.


State BJP chief spokesperson Virendra Gupta said the Government of India was not against the Ladakh MP’s demand. He had vehemently demanded separate statehood for Jammu while in the Jammu Statehood Morcha before merging the body into the BJP.


“The BJP had won the Ladakh seat over the core issue of union territory status and it is a genuine demand. As far as Jammu is concerned, the Union Finance Minister had, during his two visits to Jammu, emphasised on the BJP cadre underlining development in Jammu,” he said.


Gupta added that decentralisation of power for Jammu was the primary concern and the Government of India should see into it. He further said as far as the political structure was concerned, the NDA did not advocate separate statehood for Jammu.

 

[airtel]

wow very good , now they will be saved from kashmiri terrorists , jammu should also become a union territory .....................somebody please explain effect of such decision on article 370 ??

 

[OrangeFlorian]

370. Temporary provisions with respect to the State of Jammu and Kashmir

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Constitution,—

(a) the provisions of article 238 shall not apply now in relation to the state of Jammu and Kashmir;[a]
(b) the power of Parliament to make laws for the said state shall be limited to—
(i) those matters in the Union List and the Concurrent List which, in consultation with the Government of the State, are declared by the President to correspond to matters specified in the Instrument of Accession governing the accession of the State to the Dominion of India as the matters with respect to which the Dominion Legislature may make laws for that State; and
(ii) such other matters in the said Lists as, with the concurrence of the Government of the State, the President may by order specify.
Explanation: For the purpose of this article, the Government of the State means the person for the time being recognized by the President on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of the State as the Sadr-i-Riyasat (now Governor) of Jammu and Kashmir, acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers of the State for the time being in office.[1][9]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_370#cite_note-11

(c) the provisions of article 1 and of this article shall apply in relation to that State;
(d) such of the other provisions of this Constitution shall apply in relation to that State subject to such exceptions and modifications as the President may by order specify:
Provided that no such order which relates to the matters specified in the Instrument of Accession of the State referred to in paragraph (i) of sub-clause (b) shall be issued except in consultation with the Government of the State:
Provided further that no such order which relates to matters other than those referred to in the last preceding proviso shall be issued except with the concurrence of that Government.
(2) If the concurrence of the Government of the State referred to in paragraph (ii) of sub-clause (b) of clause (1) or in the second provison to sub-clause (d) of that clause be given before the Constituent Assembly for the purpose of framing the Constitution of the State is convened, it shall be placed before such Assembly for such decision as it may take thereon.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this article, the President may, by public notification, declare that this article shall cease to be operative or shall be operative only with such exceptions and modifications and from such date as he may specify:
Provided that the recommendation of the Constituent Assembly of the State referred to in clause (2) shall be necessary before the President issues such a notification.[10]