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As the delimitation exercise looks set to enhance the number of seats in Jammu and Kashmir assembly for Jammu, bringing it at par with Kashmir, there is a renewed demand for the statehood for Jammu region among various native parties, even as the BJP continues to enjoy widespread support, reports
Yawar Hussain
Jammu political leaders
With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sweeping in all of the five predominantly Hindu districts of Jammu in the recently held District Development Council (DDC) elections, the region’s politics is precariously poised. Together with the BJP’s ultra-nationalistic politics, the region is also witnessing a surge in demand for a separate statehood excluding Kashmir.
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday said the women’s political participation besides being a human right, is also a key to thriving democracy and that the National Conference has traditionally and frontally worked to end gender bias.
In her message on the international women’s day Party’s State Secretary and Former Minister Sakina Itoo asserted the cornerstone of the development programme of the party is to empower, economically, politically and socially the women of J&K.
She said that it was Sher e Kashmir who brought women of Jammu and Kashmir into the political discourse. “It was NC that took upon itself to change the fate of women of J&K under its revolutionary Naya Kashmir manifesto. In the later decades also, whenever NC was in power, it left no stone unturned to transform its vision of empowering women into reality. It was Madre Meharban, who used education as a fundamental tool to bring about change in the attitude of women on the line of
Jammu declaration holds key to inclusive J&K: Rana
Excelsior Correspondent
NAGROTA, Mar 6: Describing Jammu Declaration as key inclusive Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference Provincial president Devender Singh Rana today said this will eventually lead to offsetting the fault-lines created between the regions, various segments of society, as also with rest of the country.
“The trust deficit of decades is needed to be bridged for ensuring harmony and unity between peoples and the regions and sub-regions in this part of the country”, Rana said while addressing people at Chibba, Marh, Rambalsullah, Gondola and Bamyal in Nagrota Assembly Constituency.
He said the narrative coming for secular Jammu will set in motion the process intra-region and inter-religious discourse, crucial for unity and harmony. The engagement has to be holistic, between regions, sub region, religious communities and ethnic groups. All these formed the core of the land of saints and sages from times immemo