Srinagar: National Conference on Monday while welcoming the observations of the Honorable High Court of Jammu and Kashmir in response to a writ petition said that the genesis of the political turmoil in the State lies in the erosion of the State’s special status and internal autonomy that was guaranteed to the State in a negotiated accession.

NC Spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu said National Conference’s political struggle seeking restoration of Internal Autonomy as a viable solution of the Kashmir Issue stands vindicated yet again through the observations of the Honorable High Court.

“Not only was the conversion of Sadar-e-Riyasat into Governor a move that violated the constitutional sanctity of the State’s special status but so was the illegitimate, unconstitutional deposition of Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah as a popular, elected Prime Minister," it said in the statement.

Abdullah’s replacement, it said, by pliant rulers and regimes not only violated the terms of J&K’s constitutional arrangement with the rest of the country but also manifested itself as turmoil and discontent at various phases of our history.

"Our party has demanded the restoration of Internal Autonomy as a stated, official stand with consistence and commitment and we will continue to do so," Mattu said.