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J&K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary connected Tuesday (October 7, 2025) accused J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha of withdrawing his information “for raising dependable against corrupt practices” during the erstwhile regime.
In a uncommon threat, Mr. Choudhary of the ruling National Conference (NC) said the J&K authorities was being forced to attack the judiciary implicit “the interference of the L-G successful astir affairs of the elected government”.
“L-G sahib gets aggravated astatine the driblet of hat. He ruled J&K for the past 5 years. When I point retired corrupt practices successful the concern policy, amerciable mining and corruption successful the constructions of roads, helium should instrumentality action. Instead, the L-G withdraws vehicles from my motorcade,” Mr. Choudhary said.
He claimed 11 months aft the information reappraisal of the Deputy Chief Minister, the information was thinned retired “without immoderate reason”. “I americium provided with rickety and aged bulletproof cars. If L-G sahib thinks the Deputy Chief Minister has nary threat, delight retreat my full security,” Mr. Choudhary.
He besides claimed whenever helium spoke information astir the erstwhile authorities successful J&K, the L-G medication “goes aft relatives”. He was making an indirect notation to his member Inspector Vijay Singh Choudhary who was transferred to the Union Territory of Ladakh connected September 16 by the L-G.
“Law does not beryllium successful J&K. I impulse the Centre, the Prime Minister and the Home Minister to reconstruct Statehood and empower the Chief Minister. The CM is not capable to instrumentality decisions arsenic the files are withheld by the L-G. Not lone the police, the L-G interferes everywhere. We person impervious of it,” the Deputy Chief Minister said.
He said a concern is emerging successful J&K wherever the authorities volition beryllium forced to attack the judiciary. “We person the enactment of approaching the judiciary, if this continues,” helium added.
The Deputy Chief Minister said withholding the presumption of Statehood to J&K was harming the interests of unemployed, daily wagers etc.,” helium added.
He said determination is simply a request to look astatine the concern emerging successful Ladakh recently. “People were beating drums successful 2019 and contiguous spot what they person travel to,” the Deputy Chief Minister said, portion referring to the caller deaths and injuries to civilians during thoroughfare protests implicit Statehood and Sixth Schedule status.
“If the BJP puts up a statue of Maharaja Hari Singh extracurricular their bureau in Jammu, wherefore weren’t the heirs of the Maharaja consulted successful 2019 (when erstwhile State of J&K was reduced to a UT). J&K was founded by the Maharaja. The BJP is conscionable bully astatine theatrics,” Mr. Choudhary said.
The NC person said the radical of J&K were hopeful that they volition get a Diwali acquisition from the Supreme Court (SC). “We expect the SC to reconstruct Statehood, arsenic a Diwali gift,” helium added. The SC is proceeding petitions connected restoration of Statehood to J&K.
He said the lone mode to tackle the contented of unemployment, regular wagers and development, “it is Statehood”. “Statehood is simply a request from a shopkeeper to the unemployed successful J&K. It’s not simply a request of the NC,” helium added.
