Modi govt’s betrayal of J-K continues: Cong on Centre vesting more powers in L-G

The Congress on Saturday alleged the Narendra Modi government’s “betrayal” of Jammu and Kashmir was on unabated and the Centre vesting more powers in the Lieutenant Governor was another example of “Samvidhan Hatya Diwas” continuing daily under its rule.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the insertion of new sections giving more powers to the L-G by amending the Rules under Section 55 of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, has only two meanings.

One of those was that the Modi government “wants to delay the restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, even though the Supreme Court has mandated Assembly Elections by September 30, 2024,” he said on ‘X’.