Over 250 Eminent Citizens Call The Situation Unacceptable, Urge PM To Roll Back Restrictions scroll.in

The signatories said the Centre’s decision was taken without consulting the people of the state or the elected leaders. Over 250 academics, journalists and political leaders have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling the ongoing restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir unacceptable. They urged the Centre to withdraw the lockdown in place since August 5, and hold Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “Let the people decide on Article 370 and statehood,” read their letter sent on October 6.

The signatories criticized the way the decision to scrap the state’s special status and bifurcate it into Union Territories was implemented. They said the Centre’s decision was taken without consulting the people of the state or the elected leaders. “We still do not know how the people of Jammu and Kashmir feel,” they said.