Congress manifesto promises full statehood to J&K

Srinagar, Apr 5: Congress today released its manifesto named ‘Nyay Patra’, in which it among other things promised full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

“We will immediately restore full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir,” said the Congress, in its manifesto.

The Congress party has also promised to pass a constitutional amendment to raise the Supreme Court mandated 50 per cent cap on reservations for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), as per its poll manifesto released on Friday. The party also promised to conduct a nation-wide Socio-Economic and Caste Census to enumerate the castes and sub-castes and their socio-economic conditions.

To put a curb on rampant defections, the Congress has promised to amend the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution and make defection (leaving the original party on which the MLA or MP was elected) an automatic disqualification of the membership in the Assembly or Parliament.