Statehood to J&K could be announced before October: Union Minister

By
Ziraat Times
-

Follow Ziraat Times on Whatsapp - Join Now

Srinagar, Aug 08 : Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Thursday said that the Centre may announce restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir before October this year.

Addressing a press conference here, the minister, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the legislative assembly elections may also be held in October.

“Polls are scheduled to be held in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh before October. I think before October, statehood can be restored and election may also happen in October,” he said while appealing people to ensure record breaking turnout.

He reiterated that home minister had announced at the time of abrogation of Article 370 that assembly elections and statehood will be restored.

He hailed the high voter turnout in Lok Sabha and lauded people for strengthening democracy.

Speaking about his half an hour meeting with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in Srinagar, Athawale said tourism has flourished since the abrogation of Article 370.

“More than 2.11 crore tourists including foreigners have visited here. People don’t fear going to Kashmir now. Earlier, they wanted to come but terrorism was stopping them from arriving here. Now LG told me peace is prevailing amid some untoward incidents.”

According to him, they have given over 2 lakh pre and post-matric scholarships to SC and above 84000 scholarships to OBC students in J&K. “SC and OBC constitute 8 percent each in J&K, but there is not a single SC family in Kashmir,” he added.

The union minister said that 74 cases were registered under Atrocities Act against SC and OBCs. “We are planning to start one old age home in each district. Currently, we have 16 old age homes in J&K,” he added.

The minister said that his party Republican Party of India will field at least 10-15 candidates in Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly polls

 

—(KNO)

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

748 COMMENTS

  150. mexican pharmaceuticals online pharmacies in mexico that ship to usa or buying from online mexican pharmacy
    https://images.google.com.sg/url?sa=t&url=https://xxlmexicanpharm.com mexican online pharmacies prescription drugs
    [url=https://images.google.tl/url?q=https://xxlmexicanpharm.com]mexican pharmaceuticals online[/url] medicine in mexico pharmacies and [url=http://forum.orangepi.org/home.php?mod=space&uid=4891207]mexican drugstore online[/url] pharmacies in mexico that ship to usa

  249. Viagra gГ©nГ©rique pas cher livraison rapide Le gГ©nГ©rique de Viagra or Viagra sans ordonnance livraison 48h
    http://katiefreudenschuss.de/termin.php?verans%20taltung=sounds+like+heimat&tag=mo&datum=07.11&zeit%20=00%3A00&location=im+tv%3A&stadt=wdr+fernsehen&inf%20o=was+h%FCbsch-h%E4sslich+aussieht%2C+kann+durchau%20s+gut+klingen.+das+m%F6chte+das+wdr-doku-format+%252%206quot%3Bsounds+like+heimat%26quot%3B+beweisen.+mod%20erator+marco+schreyl+schickt+daf%FCr+in+jeder+stad%20t+drei+musiker+auf+die+suche+nach+dem+typischen+kl%20ang+einer+nordrhein-westf%E4lischen+stadt.+zwei+ta%20ge+hat+jeder+von+ihnen+zeit%2C+um+die+stadt+und+ih%20re+bewohner+auf+seine+art+und+weise+kennenzulernen%20+-+um+drei+perfekt+passende+songs+zu+komponieren.&%20url=viagrameilleurprix.com%20%20 SildГ©nafil 100mg pharmacie en ligne
    Sildenafil teva 100 mg sans ordonnance SildГ©nafil Teva 100 mg acheter and Sildenafil teva 100 mg sans ordonnance SildГ©nafil 100mg pharmacie en ligne

  544. Игровые автоматы Ballon ждут СЃРІРѕРёС… героев.: balloon game – balloon игра на деньги

  575. cheapest online pharmacy india india online pharmacy store or india pharmacy without prescription
    http://www.quikpage.com/cgi-bin/contact.cgi?company=Cosmetoltogy+Careers+UnLTD.&address=121+Superior+Street&city=Duluth&state=MN&zip=55802&phone=(218)+722-07484&fax=(218)+722-8341&url=http://indiamedfast.com&[email protected] India Med Fast
    [url=http://images.google.com.bn/url?q=http://indiamedfast.com]IndiaMedFast.com[/url] buying prescription drugs from india and [url=http://www.donggoudi.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=2623618]india pharmacy without prescription[/url] online medicine shopping in india

  686. casino slot oyunlarД± [url=http://casibom1st.com/#]casibom mobil giris[/url] bilinmeyen siteler casibom1st.shop

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here