Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari on Saturday appealed to Jammu and Kashmir’s political parties to shun differences and unitedly raise voices against the Centre’s move to vest more powers to the Union Territory’s lieutenant governor. The Centre has vested more powers to the L-G of Jammu and Kashmir for taking decisions on police, officers of all-India services such as the IAS and the IPS, and giving sanctions for prosecution in various cases. Decisions regarding the appointment of advocate general and other law officers, besides matters related to the anti-corruption bureau, will also be taken by the L-G. “Our state was downgraded and bifurcated in 2019. Parliament was promised that full statehood would be restored (in Jammu and Kashmir). The Supreme Court said so and the prime minister and home minister had also assured that.
