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SRINAGAR: The joint opposition candidate for the Presidential elections Yashwant Sinha on Saturday said that if elected, his priority will be to persuade the government to find a permanent resolution to the Kashmir issue.
Sinha also said that he is opposed to the forcible and manipulative changes in Jammu and Kashmir. Demanding restoration of statehood to J&K, Sinha also said that free and fair assembly elections must be conducted at the earliest.
“I am opposed to the forcible and manipulative changes in J&K. The central government has failed to fulfil its promise to create an atmosphere for the safe return of Kashmiri Pandits,” he told reporters here after meeting Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and other political leaders here. “The promise must be fulfilled. J&K people have suffered a lot and their desire for peace must be fulfilled.”
He said that if he is elected as president, one of his priorities will be to urge the government to take necessary steps to resolve the Kashmir issue permanently and restore peace, justice, normalcy, democracy and end the hostility towards J&K.
He also said that there is no state in the country where elections have not been conducted for the period of four years and where the people have been deprived of representation.
“Jammu and Kashmir are facing injustice and only a limited number of people are knowledgeable about the fact that the limited democracy that existed in J&K has also been murdered,” Sinha said.
He said that his visit was to express solidarity with the people of J&K. “It is very regrettable that the Supreme Court has not even heard the case related to Article 370 and Article 35-A nearly 3 years after the constitution was repealed,” he said, adding that the long pendency of the case in the court erodes the credibility of the apex court.
