Archive · 17 Dec 2025
NC MPs seek statehood, prisoner rights in J&K memorandum to Amit Shah
Some leaders from the National Conference party in India wrote a letter to the Home Minister, Amit Shah.
They asked for three main things: to make Jammu and Kashmir a state again, to set rules for how the government works there, and to bring prisoners from Jammu and Kashmir back to their homes.
They said that not doing these things is causing problems for the people.
Another party, the PDP, said this letter was like an apology and that the National Conference is not fighting for the special status of Jammu and Kashmir anymore.
The leaders also said that families are suffering because their loved ones are in prisons far away, and they want this to change.
National Conference MPs submitted a memorandum to Amit Shah seeking restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
They also requested a notification on the transaction of business rules and the return of Kashmiri prisoners to the Union Territory.
The memorandum cited democratic, administrative, and emotional distress due to the delay in restoring statehood.
The opposition PDP criticized the memorandum as an 'apology letter', accusing the National Conference of abandoning its fight for Article 370.
The plight of prisoners lodged outside Jammu and Kashmir was highlighted, with families suffering due to distant imprisonment.
- Who
- National Conference MPs and Amit Shah
- What
- Memorandum submitted seeking statehood restoration and prisoner rights
- When
- Tuesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Delhi
- Why
- To address democratic, administrative, and emotional distress in Jammu and Kashmir
- Organization
- National Conference
- Recipient
- Amit Shah
- Key Demands
- Restoration of statehood, transaction of business rules, prisoner rights
- Opposition Criticism
- PDP called it an 'apology letter'
- Prisoner Issue
- Families suffer due to distant imprisonment
- Legal Context
- Supreme Court judgement and government assurances cited
- Government Response
- No immediate response from the government