Jammu, Nov. 26: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said that the Union Territory’s governance and social landscape entered a new phase in 2019, when the provisions of the Indian Constitution were made fully applicable to J&K “after a long wait of 67 years.”
In a post on X, the LG said the move marked the end of “discrimination and injustice” in the region. “After a long wait of 67 years, provisions of Constitution were made fully applicable to J&K in 2019, ending rule of discrimination & injustice,” Sinha wrote.
He added that Jammu and Kashmir is now progressing in accordance with the “ideals of equity, social and economic justice as enshrined in the Constitution by Baba Saheb Ambedkar.”
Today, on Constitution Day ,President Droupadi Murmu released the translated version of the Constitution in nine languages, including Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Bodo, Kashmiri, Telugu, Odia and Assamese, on Wednesday, on the auspicious day of the 75th Constitution Day at a program at the Samvidhan Sadan in the parliament.
