Separate state only lasting solution: Ikkjutt Jammu

Ikkjutt Jammu president Ankur Sharma said Jammu province would rise in revolt sooner than later if the powers-that-be in New Delhi continue to treat Jammu as a Kashmir’s colony

“The otherwise historic reforms of August 5, 2019, have miserably failed to produce the desired results and the people of Jammu province continue to groan under the yoke of Kashmiri, communal, oppressive and totalitarian eco-system aided and backed by the government at Delhi,” said advocate Ankur Sharma, president, Ikkjutt Jammu.

Ikkjutt Jammu president Ankur Sharma said Jammu province would rise in revolt sooner than later if the powers-that-be in New Delhi continue to treat Jammu as a Kashmir’s colony (ANI)

Addressing mediapersons here amid a spike in selective killings and terror attacks, Sharma said, “Except for a brief period of abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A, we are witnessing a continuous process of defeating the purpose of removal of Article 370. Jammu province has further been pushed to permanent inferior status and it continues to be a colony of Kashmir.”

“Given such a situation, separate Jammu state is the only panacea available to meet the national requirement, empower people of the province to manage their own affairs, defeat enemies working day and night to change Jammu’s demography and create Kashmir-like situation in this strategic region,” Sharma said.

He claimed that the people of Jammu province would rise in revolt sooner than later if the powers-that-be in New Delhi continue to treat Jammu as a Kashmir’s colony.

He also tore into the votaries of early elections based on the “fudged & fraud 2011 census” based delimitation and grant of full state status to the UT of J&K.