UT Day Foundation Day: National Conference and Congress MLAs have decided to boycott the Jammu and Kashmir ‘Jammu and Kashmir Foundation Day’ celebrations to be held at SKICC, Srinagar on Thursday. According to the information, the administration will celebrate October 31 as ‘UT Foundation Day’ and the chief guest of the program will be Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Along with bureaucrats, invitations have also been sent to new MLAs of National Conference and Congress.
National Conference spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said that it is the main stand of the Jammu and Kashmir government that statehood should be restored. To restore the statehood, the first cabinet decision has also been handed over to the Prime Minister. Imran Dar said, “When the people of Jammu and Kashmir consider it a black day, then what is the need for such a celebration. The final decision whether to attend the function or not will be taken by the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.”
Invitation has been sent to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
The Chief Minister’s Office has not yet decided whether Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will attend this function organized by the administration or not. Sources associated with the organizing committee said that there has been no discussion with the Chief Minister’s Secretariat regarding organizing this event, but an invitation has been sent to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
People’s Democratic Party, Congress and other political parties have not yet announced whether they will attend the foundation day celebrations of the Union Territory, while the opposition has started targeting Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over the issue. Is.
Junaid Mattu’s taunt on Omar Abdullah’s visit to Delhi
Taking a jibe at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s visit to Delhi, former mayor Junaid Mattoo wrote on Twitter, “It seems that the cabinet proposal for statehood did not have much impact.” In fact, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah went to Delhi and met the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister and handed over a copy of the first cabinet order to “restore statehood” to Jammu and Kashmir.
The first session will start on 4th November
The former state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into two union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, and the new Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act came into force on October 31. Since then this day is celebrated as Foundation Day, but with the establishment of the new elected government, the demand for restoration of full statehood is also at its peak. The week-long first session of the new assembly will begin on November 4.