New Delhi: Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, however, did not say whether the party will participate in the June 24 meeting or not.
Surjewala drew attention to the August 6, 2019 resolution of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) where the party clearly demanded the restoration of full statehood for the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
”We believe that undoing it is a direct attack on democracy and the constitutional principles,” he told reporters when asked about the issue.
His remarks came after invitations were sent out to 14 political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, including four former chief ministers, for participation in a high-level meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Modi at his residence here at 3 PM on June 24.
The meeting is expected to set the road map for holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Surjewala said the Congress believes that grant of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir as also holding elections, so that people can elect their representatives and have an assembly of their own to carry on the affairs of the state instead of a rule by Delhi, is the only way forward to guarantee full restoration of democratic rights in Jammu and Kashmir.
