New Delhi: Any move to return Jammu and
Kashmir to its pre-1953 status in the name of greater autonomy
will prove to be problematic for the country, former state
Governor Jagmohan claimed on Saturday.
"After 1953, various sections of governance were
integrated with Jammu and Kashmir. If the state is provided
with autonomy of the pre-1953 status, who will fund the
government, how will people get their salaries and who will
audit the accounts," Jagmohan said here.
He said the Centre cannot keep funding the Jammu and
Kashmir Government if autonomy was provided as it will have
little control over the decisions of the state government.
"The demand for autonomy is the charter of Jammu and
Kashmir's disintegration from India. It will lead to more
problems as such demands will increase from other quarters,"
he said.
The former union minister was addressing a gathering
at the launch of a book 'Vyathit Jammu and Kashmir'.
He claimed that as Governor, when he tried to enforce
the rule of law in the state, he was accused of violating
human rights by various rights organisations, including the
PUCL.
"The PUCL report was quoted by various international
bodies to slam me," he recalled. He said members of the rights
group made allegations which lacked authenticated documents.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 21:42