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Last Updated: October 08, 2024, 18:19 IST
Jammu and Kashmir, India
New Delhi: Conference chief Omar Abdullah, CPI(M) MLA M.Y. Tarigami (L) and other opposition delegation from Jammu and Kashmir, addresses media after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo by Subhav Shukla (PTI8_22_2016_000042B)
Abdullah assured that once the new government is formed, he will travel to New Delhi to urge Home Minister Amit Shah and others to restore statehood to J&K
Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Tuesday reiterated his appeal for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, reminding Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his public commitment to the state’s restoration.
“I would like to believe Honourable PM has said it publicly that we will restore statehood. He hasn’t said we will only restore if the BJP is elected to power,” Abdullah said.
Jammu and Kashmir was demoted to a Union Territory (UT) in 2019 following the abrogation of Article 370.
Abdullah’s comments come after the Conference-Congress alliance swept the state’s assembly elections, as per the latest trends. He is also set to become the next Chief Minister of J&K following this historic win, Abdullah assured that once the new government is formed, he will travel to New Delhi to urge Home Minister Amit Shah and others to restore statehood to J&K.
“Once new government comes, I expected the CM to travel to Delhi and meet HM and other leaders and impress upon them that mandate was to restore statehood. Whoever CM is I expected him to have a decent relationship with get government of India. We have to find a way of working together,” he sated.
The Conference-Congress alliance is likely to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir as the latest trends showed the combine ahead in 51 of the 90 seats while the BJP was leading in 28.
Abdullah himself has won the Budgam and Ganderbal Assembly seats in Kashmir, defeating his nearest rivals from PDP by over 10,000 votes and 18,000 votes, respectively.
