Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the government to bring legislation in the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament to grant full statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the Congress leaders, the demand was both legitimate and firmly grounded in their constitutional and democratic rights. For the past five years, the people of Jammu and Kashmir have consistently called for the restoration of full statehood, they said.
They also requested the government to bring a legislation to include the Union Territory of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution.
This would be a significant step towards addressing the cultural, developmental, and political aspirations of the people of Ladakh, while safeguarding their rights, land, and identity, they added.
