Omar Abdullah seeks restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir in cabinet resolution

Omar Abdullah’s first cabinet meeting passes resolution for J&K’s statehood

The Jammu & Kashmir Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has passed the resolution for the restoration of statehood, during its first meeting on Thursday.

Abdullah expressed confidence that the Centre would soon restore Statehood to J&K.

“The draft of the resolution has been prepared and the Chief Minister will travel to New Delhi in a couple of days to hand over the draft of the resolution to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to restore statehood to J&K,” according to sources.

Abdullah said, “We have talked about statehood before, and even today, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear an application seeking restoration of Statehood within two months. I am sure the Government of India will soon restore it.”

When asked whether the National Conference would raise the issue of Article 370 or pass a resolution against it in the Assembly, Abdullah said that they would need to return to court to present their arguments.

The meeting was presided over by the Chief Minister and was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary and ministers Sakeena Masood Itoo, Javed Ahmad Rana, Javaid Ahmad Dar, and Satish Sharma.

Congress JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra had told reporters that the party would not join the J&K Cabinet unless statehood was restored.

On August 5, 2019, when Article 370 was abrogated, the Centre bifurcated the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories: J&K and Ladakh.

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