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JAMMU: The Shiv Sena Jammu and Kashmir unit has demanded a separate statehood for Jammu, demanding another bold decision of justice for Jammuites during the visit of Home Minister Amit Shah in Jammu and Kashmir.
A large number of Shiv Sainiks, led by party state president Manish Sahni, protested at party office in favor of their demands the separate statehood of Jammu.
Sahni said that on August 5, 2019, Home Minister, Amit Shah took a historic decision revoking Article 370 and 35A from Jammu and Kashmir.
Now the time has come to secure the future of Jammuites for which the Central Government needs to take another bold decision of giving separate statehood to Jammu.
Sahni said that apart from maintaining and preserving the Dogra culture and identity without any distortion, this is the only option to end the more than seven decades old discrimination and injustice against the Jammu region and its people.
He said that it is almost impossible to stop discrimination against Jammu by staying with Kashmir. Jammu’s stay with Kashmir means guaranteeing a bleak future for the Dogras of Jammu.
The Shiv Sena president also urged Home Minister Amit Shah to reconsider the decision to fix the assembly seats on the basis of the 2011 population census.
He said that the assembly seats should be decided on the basis of the current population census. Expressing his reaction on the leaders who broke ties with the parties of Kashmir recently, Sahni said that this is not going to benefit Jammu in any way as these leaders are not for the people of Jammu but for their personal interests.
Sahni appealed to the people of Jammu for their full support, describing Mission Separate Jammu as Mission Justice.