Ikkjutt Jammu
IkkJutt Jammu | |
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| Chairman | Ankur Sharma |
| Founder | Ankur Sharma |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Dissolved | 23 September, 2024 |
| Merged into | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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| Seats inLok Sabha | 0 |
| Seats inRajya Sabha | 0 |
| Seats inJammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | 0 / 90 |
| Website | |
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Ikkjutt Jammuwas a party in theJammuregion ofJammu and Kashmir,India.In Jammu and Kashmir, it campaigned for the creation of a separate Jammu state out of theDogrispeaking districts ofJammu Divisionand for the reorganisation ofKashmir Divisioninto twounion territories,one beingPanun KashmirforKashmiri Hinduswho have beendisplacedfrom the region.[1][2][3]It was founded in November 2020 and was led by Ankur Sharma.[4][5]
During the2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election,the party announced that it would merge with theBharatiya Janata Party.[6]
History
[edit]IkkJutt Jammu was originally founded as a social organisation based in Jammu. It officially became a political party on 14 November 2020.[7]IkkJutt Jammu campaigned against theRoshni Act,which was declared unconstitutional by theJammu and Kashmir High Courtin 2020.[8]In 2023, Sandeep Deo was nominated as the National General Secretary of the party, a collaborative effort in the space of competitiveHindutva.[9][10]
Sandeep Deo submitted his resignation to the party president Ankur Sharma on 11 August 2024, after he proposed to merge the party withBharatiya Janata Party.[11][better source needed]
Name change
[edit]Ikkjutt Jammu turned into Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal in 2023.[12]
Platform
[edit]In addition to advocating statehood for theJammu Division,with the "Alag Jammu Rajya Sthapana Yatra" (Separate Jammu State Foundation Tour) for achieving this mission of separate Jammu State from the holy town of Katra, the abode of the deityShri Mata Vaishno Devi Jifor Bharat and the wider stance ofSanatana Indic civilization,with Ankur Sharma the current party chairman having categorically said:[13][14]
“Statehood for Jammu is our battle-cry...and...Jammu’s political redemption(paraphrased).”
— Ankur Sharma
The party also seeks the return ofKashmiri HinduIDPs to the region, the complete administrative integration of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India and to promote and restoreDograheritage and pride in the region. It wants to stop what it describes as "Islamic separatism" and the "Jihadi war" in the region.[15]The party believes that "Pan-Islamic forces" are carrying out war against the Indian nation and believes that these forces have "cleansed Kashmir of Hindus" and turned the region into a "Islamic monolith" through a process of "demographic invasion".[16]
The party demandsKashmir Divisionbe split into two separateUnion Territories,one for the almost entirely displacedKashmiri Hinducommunity (Panun Kashmir). Ikkjutt Jammu demands that theExodus of Kashmiri Hindusbe recognised as agenocideand also demands protection of Jammu's Hindu demography.[3][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"We Should be Trained with Arms, Necessary to Form Israel in Kashmir: Pandit Activist".The Kashmiriyat.9 June 2021.Retrieved27 June2021.
- ^ab"Forget Delimitation; Divide Kashmir; Grant Statehood to Jammu: IkkJutt Jammu".The Northern Herald.9 June 2021. Archived fromthe originalon 10 July 2021.Retrieved27 June2021.
- ^abKhajuria, Ravi Krishnan (10 June 2021)."Chorus grows louder for statehood to Jammu".Hindustan Times.Retrieved27 June2021.
- ^"Social outfit 'Ikkjutt Jammu' goes political".Tribune India.14 November 2020. Archived fromthe originalon 14 November 2020.Retrieved23 November2020.
- ^"Social organisation Ikkjutt Jammu forms political party, vows to fight next assembly elections".Hindustan Times.13 November 2020.Retrieved23 November2020.
- ^"'Land jihad' or Kathua rape row: Key J&K Hindu right-wing face joins BJP ".The Indian Express.23 September 2024.Retrieved23 September2024.
- ^"Ikkjutt Jammu floats political party, vows to fight for 'statehood for Jammu'".The Economic Times.PTI. 13 November 2020.Retrieved23 November2020.
- ^"How J&K's Roshni Act Was Used to Keep the Poor in the Dark".The Wire.13 November 2020.Retrieved23 November2020.
- ^H-pop: the secretive world of Hindutva pop stars.Gurugram: HarperCollins Publishers. 2023.ISBN978-93-5699-582-6.
- ^https://x.com/AnkurSharma_Adv/status/1653697951242518528?t=qwsfl6GgTk-7CloJDgkEew&s=19
- ^https://www.facebook.com/share/p/dLEm2LeveSFGhMeV/?mibextid=oFDknk
- ^"IkkJutt Jammu turned Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal holds session at Haridwar".Daily Excelsior.23 April 2023.
- ^TV, Firemedia."IkkJutt Jammu blows the bugle, begins Separate Jammu State Yatra".Firemedia TV.Retrieved25 July2024.
- ^Excelsior, Daily (12 February 2023)."IJ starts Yatra for separate Jammu State".Daily Excelsior.Retrieved25 July2024.
- ^"Agenda: Ikkjutt Jammu website".Archived fromthe originalon 7 May 2022.Retrieved17 March2021.
- ^"Official website of Ikkjutt Jammu".Archived fromthe originalon 7 May 2022.Retrieved17 March2021.