National Conference senior leader and former MLA Aga Ruhullah Thursday (April 25) said that his party’s manifestation is to flag up concerns of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the Parliament, and make aware New Delhi that decisions taken on August 05, 2019 are “unacceptable” for people of the region.
Ruhullah filed his nomination papers from Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency today. He was accompanied by party’s senior leaders including Dr. Farooq, Omar Abdullah and others. He said NC’s manifesto is to represent true voice of Jammu & Kashmir.
“We are committed to flag up voice of Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi’s Parliament. And we will bring JK’s voice to there and make them aware that decisions taken on August 05, 2019 were unacceptable for people of Jammu & Kashmir,” Ruhullah said.
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Founded as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in 1932 in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, the organisation renamed itself to “National Conference” in 1939 in order to represent all the people of the state. It supported the accession of the princely state to India in 1947. Prior to that, in 1941, a group led by Ghulam Abbas broke off from the National Conference and revived the old Muslim Conference. The revived Muslim Conference supported the accession of the princely state to Pakistan and led the movement for Azad Kashmir.
Since 1947, the National Conference was in power in Jammu and Kashmir in one form or another till 2002, and again between 2009 and 2015. It implemented land reforms in the state, ensured the state’s autonomy under the Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, and formulated a separate Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir in 1957. Sheikh Abdullah’s son Farooq Abdullah (1981–2002, 2009–present) and grandson Omar Abdullah (2002–2009) have led the party after Sheikh Abdullah’s death as the president. The party is a member of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration electoral alliance.
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