Jammu, Oct 11: Newly appointed AICC In-charge J&K affairs, Rajni Patil (Ex-MP) on Sunday claimed there was widespread anger and resentment among the people of Jammu and Kashmir over the “arbitrary decision” of the BJP-led government to “disband and downgrade” the historically important state into two Union Territories.
In her statement, she said “The decision of the BJP government to disband and downgrade the state into UTs was arbitrary, unilateral, unjust and against the wishes of the people of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir,” Further, she added that “During my interactions with different sections of society over the last two days here, I found great anger among them over the downgrading of the historically important and socio-culturally rich Dogra state apart from being deprived of protection to jobs and lands,”
Patil met office bearers, former legislators, and different district and frontal units of the party and would leave for Srinagar on Monday as part of the second leg of her tour before returning to Delhi on October 14.
She is likely to meet Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to take up various issues of the people.