I expect PM to live up to Jammu and Kashmir statehood promise: Omar Abdullah
The National Conference leader said that there was a need for ‘some relationship-building’ with the lieutenant governor.
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National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that he expects Prime Minister Narendra Modi to live up to the promise of restoring the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, The Hindu reported.
The former chief minister’s statement came after his party, in alliance with the Congress, won the Assembly elections in the Union territory on Tuesday. While the National Conference won 42 out of the 90 seats, the Congress clinched six. Their ally, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), won one seat.
Omar Abdullah himself won the Budgam and Ganderbal constituencies.
This was the first Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in 10 years, and also the first since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019. Article 370 gave special status to the erstwhile state. The Centre at the time also bifurcated the state into two Union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
After his party’s victory, Omar Abdullah said in an interview to The Hindu that he was looking forward to the Union government’s hand-holding to ensure the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood.
“I expect the prime minister to be an honourable man and live up to the promise of restoring statehood,” said the vice-president of the National Conference. “Nowhere he said on the floor of the parliament that first there should be...
