{"id":725,"date":"2014-02-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kashmir-today.net\/never-compromise-on-kashmir-in-parliament-soz-rejects-exit-poll-predictions\/"},"modified":"2014-02-15T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T14:00:00","slug":"never-compromise-on-kashmir-in-parliament-soz-rejects-exit-poll-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=725","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Never compromise on Kashmir in Parliament\u2019 Soz rejects Exit Poll predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Srinagar: <\/b>State Congress President and Rajya Sabha member Professor Saif-u-Din Soz Saturday said that he is representing the people of Jammu and Kashmir to his best ability in the Indian Parliament. \u201cTell me which issue I did not raise in Parliament. I never ignored any issue pertaining to Jammu and Kahsmir, be it Pathribal fake encounter, AFSPA, train service, Machil fake encounter, unemployment, Prime Minister\u2019s Special Scholarship Scheme or occupation of Government forces in hotels and other buildings,\u201d Soz told Srinagar based news gathering agency CNS adding that he never compromises when it comes to Kashmir.<\/p>\n

Soz said that despite having a busy schedule, he never missed or misses an opportunity to raise any issue pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir. He said a day after Army closed Pathribla fake encounter case; he vehemently raised the issue with Defense Minister and asked Jammu and Kashmir Government to approach Supreme Court of India. \u201cMy stand on Pathribal fake encounter is clear. I want Jammu and Kashmir government to become a party and approach to Supreme Court,\u201d Soz said adding that Kashmir is my constituency it is always on his mind.<\/p>\n

He said that in Rajya Sabha, he on record raised the questions about the illegal arrests and detentions of Kashmiri youth in outside states and urged Prime Minister of India to ensure their release and pay compensation to their families. \u201cThere are some issues which do not find a space in a section of press but that does not mean I have failed to represent Kashmir,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Responding to a query, Soz said that he does not believe in exist polls which claimed that Congress will get only one Parliament seat in Jammu and Kashmir. \u201cI hope that Congress party would emerge winner in Jammu and Kashmir in both Parliament and Assembly elections. So many intellectuals, former bureaucrats and politicians are joining Congress party which makes it clear that this party is very vibrant in Jammu and Kashmir,\u201d he told CNS.<\/p>\n

Saif-u-Din Soz further said that it was his vocal support for the incorporation of 73rd amendment that Jammu and Kashmir Government finally incorporated it in letter and spirit. \u201cThe incorporation of 73rd amendment in Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act will make the Panchayati Raj Institutions strong and viable. Our motive is to give due share to Panchayats so that they could participate in governance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

When asked Prime Minister\u2019s Special Scholarship Scheme has proved to be damp squib and under this scheme future of Kashmiri students was put at stake, Soz said that he has taken up the matter with the Prime Minister of India and HRD Ministry and he is hopeful that all the students will be accommodated.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Srinagar: State Congress President and Rajya Sabha member Professor Saif-u-Din Soz Saturday said that he is representing the people of Jammu and Kashmir to his best ability in the Indian Parliament. \u201cTell me which issue I did not raise in Parliament. I never ignored any issue pertaining to Jammu and Kahsmir, be it Pathribal fake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}