He said the government should release political prisoners, grant compensation to the seven lakh families that have lost their livelihood due to the shutdown and its tourism sector.
The Congress leader also called for creating jobs for the people of the Union territory.
He challenged the ruling party to "show" a single BJP leader from Jammu who agreed to anyone from the country buying land in Jammu or applying for jobs.
Azad said never a step like this (abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution and bifurcating the state in two UTs) was taken in the past, even when killings were taking place and people were fleeing.
He also countered the government's charge that the previous Congress governments did not initiate steps for the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, saying militancy was at its peak at that time and people were fleeing the state.
Azad pointed out that even the central government headed by BJP's "tallest leader" Atal Bihari Vajpaee did not take such an action.
"A country is bigger than a promise made by a party. A party could be strengthened by any slogan, but one has to forget the party to earn the trust of the country. Article 370 had to be removed -- this is was the promise of a party and it had to be fulfilled, no matter what happened. Vajpayee had also made the promise, but he kept the country first," he said.