Onus of dialogue on J&K lies with Centre: Gupkar alliance

Onus of dialogue on J&K lies with Centre: Gupkar alliance

Subject : Current Events

Context : CPI(M) leader and Gupkar alliance spokesman M.Y. Tarigami on Saturday said the onus of engagement and dialogue lay with the Centre and there had to be a credible agenda for it.

Concept :

• People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) was formerly known as Gupkar Declaration.
• It is a political alliance between the multiple mainstream regional political parties of Jammu and Kashmir aimed at safeguarding and restoring special status along with Article 35A of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
• First Declaration: The Declaration signed on 4 August 2019 stated that modification or abrogation of Article 35A or Article 370 would be aggression against the people of J&K.
• The venue was the Gupkar Residence in Srinagar and thus it became known as the Gupkar Declaration.
• Gupkar Declaration II: Gupkar Declaration II, signed on 22 August 2020 by the six political parties asserted that the signatories were bound by August 4, 2019 Gupkar declaration and parties would strive for restoration of Article 370 and Article 35a.