SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Darakhshan Andrabi on Thursday said the National Conference’s (NC) scheduled protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20 would not restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Instead, she described it as an attempt by the NC to divert people’s attention from its failures.
“Statehood will not return through a protest at Jantar Mantar,” Andrabi said, alleging that, “The National Conference is staging this protest to divert the people’s attention from its failures.”
Interacting with media at Makhama in Magam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, the Waqf Board Chairperson said the National Conference’s proposed protest in New Delhi would have no bearing on the restoration of statehood.
Andrabi, while referring to repeated statements made by the Union Government, said that both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have publicly committed to the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
“The Prime Minister and the Home Minister have already stated and assured that statehood will be restored. It will return, but not because of a protest at Jantar Mantar,” she said.
The National Conference has announced a protest in New Delhi seeking the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, a move that has drawn differing reactions from various political parties in the Union Territory.
