Political parties in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday expressed outrage over the Lieutenant-Governor-led administration’s decision to replace the image of National Conference (NC) founder and the first elected Prime Minister of the then princely State of J&K, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, with the national emblem, in police medals from this year.
Scores of NC leaders posted with the hashtag “ShereKashmirliveson” on Twitter to protest against the L-G administration’s move to drop senior Abdullah’s name and face from the police medals.
“Efforts [are being] made to tamper with the rich history of Kashmir. Dropping Sher-e-Kashmir’s name from the gallantry awards in the absence of an elected government would mean imposing laws without the consent of the people, which in a democracy is unacceptable,” NC spokesperson Sarah Hayat Shah said.
