Farooq Abdullah demands autonomy for J-K

The ruling National Conference President and Union minister Farooq Abdullah urged the Centre to grant internal autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir to facilitate peace in the border state.

The ruling National Conference President and Union minister Farooq Abdullah today urged the Centre to grant internal autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir to facilitate peace in the border state.

“The central government needed to take expeditious steps to implement the report of justice (Retd) Saghir Ahmad to create conducive atmosphere for peace in the state”,the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy told reporters at his Gupkar residence in Srinagar on Thursday.

He asserted that restoration of internal autonomy to J and K was not the demand of his party but the “constitutional right” of the people of the state.

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“I (as president of NC) have recommended implementation of the report of justice Saghir Ahmad to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. He has already interacted with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard. Now it is hoped that autonomy in its original shape is restored in the state”,he said.

Defending the demand for restoration of autonomy to the state,Abdullah said autonomy to the state is constitutional right of the people of all the three regions (Jammu,Ladakh and kashmir) of the state and its restoration will benefit all the people.

The Union minister also demanded implementation of the recommendations of the other four working groups set up by the Prime Minister in 2005-06.

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