NC to observe August 5 as Black Day: Rattan Lal Gupta

JAMMU, Aug. 4 -- The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Provincial President Rattan Lal Gupta on Tuesday said the party will observe August 5 as Black Day to mark the unconstitutional and unilateral abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's constitutional guarantees, and to register a strong protest against the BJP-led Central Government's persistent refusal to restore statehood despite repeated assurances.

In a statement issued from the party's provincial headquarters, Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan, Jammu, Gupta said August 5 remains one of the darkest days in the constitutional and democratic history of Jammu and Kashmir. He said the decisions taken on that day stripped the people of their constitutional safeguards and were imposed without their cons...