Statehood will return at appropriate time: Darakhshan

Srinagar, May 20: Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board chairperson and senior BJP leader Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi on Wednesday accused the National Conference (NC) of deceiving people despite receiving a “very big mandate” two years ago, while expressing confidence that statehood would be restored to the Union Territory “when the time comes.”
Dr. Andrabi alleged that the NC had made promises to secure votes but failed to deliver. “They deceived people. Today, you are seeing that deception… everyone wants to hold the BJP’s throne today,” she said.
She claimed that most of the NC’s grassroots workers were now joining the BJP, attributing the shift to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision.
On statehood, Dr. Andrabi said, “What our Prime Minister and Home Minister have said about statehood in Parliament, God willing, it will happen. But when the time comes.”
She also attacked the NC, PDP, and Congress, accusing them of trying to keep the people of Jammu and Kashmir “deprived of their rights.”
“These people themselves go to the centre, but they are trying to keep the people here deprived. Today, everyone wants to walk with the BJP, to walk with progress and development,” she added. (KNS)