JAMMU, April 14 -- The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Provincial President (Jammu), Rattan Lal Gupta, on Monday forcefully reiterated the party's demand for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the issue is intrinsically linked to the constitutional ethos of cooperative federalism as envisioned by B. R. Ambedkar.
He was addressing a commemorative function held at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan, Jammu, to mark the 135th birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar, observed nationwide as Ambedkar Jayanti. The event was chaired by SC Cell Chairman Vijay Lochan, with Cabinet Minister Satish Sharma as the Chief Guest.
In his address, Gupta underscored that Ambedkar's conception of federalism was not merely an administrative a...