Srinagar: Congress chief whip and MLA Bandipora Nizamuddin Bhat on Wednesday urged the government to form a house panel of all parties that would follow the issue of statehood restoration with the Central government.
Speaking in the Assembly on the issue of statehood restoration, the senior Congress leader, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that there should be no delay in following up the matter with the Central government as delay is doing more harm than any good.
He said that for this it is imperative for the house to form a committee, which would follow up the statehood matter with the Central government and the national parties of the country.
“There are two options for us, either we go to the government or we go to the people of India. This house should form a committee of all parties to check the sincerity of everyone over the issue. I urge the Chief Minister as he has a massive mandate, he will be respected in any democracy that he has come to represent the aspirations of the people,” Bhat said.
He also urged the Chief Minister to not shy away from the matter and that himself nominates a house panel of all parties, and seek time from the Prime Minister and the Home Minister. “The delegation led by the Chief Minister put this case before the Central government as this is the state which is in limbo with a denigrated status. We have not been alleviated to some status that we will take pride in,” he said.
Bhat said that it is the responsibility of the Chief Minister, the house and its members that if they are sincere with their people, let’s be quick on it and be assertive. “We already have a case and the Parliament has also promised us. Let there be either an All-Party delegation or a panel of the house to follow up this matter,” he said—(KNO)
