Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first visit to Delhi after assuming office last week. We inform that the Chief Minister is expected to present the proposal approved by the state Cabinet. In this regard, the Center has been urged to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir. In the recent assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Abdullah’s party, the National Conference, formed its government by winning 42 of 90 assembly seats. The party had an alliance with the Congress in the elections.
He had met Shah on Friday.
The new government of Jammu and Kashmir under the leadership of Omar Abdullah passed a resolution in its first cabinet meeting urging the central government to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Later, this proposal was approved by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. Following Cabinet approval, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has been given the authority to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government to press for restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir. We inform you that Omar Abdullah met Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday and discussed issues related to the State.
I had a 30 minute meeting with Shah.
Omar Abdullah met Home Minister Amit Shah for about 30 minutes. The CM of Jammu and Kashmir later said that it was a courtesy visit, during which he briefed Shah about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and also discussed the issue of restoration of statehood. Abdullah had arrived in Delhi on Wednesday after the major terror attack that occurred a few days ago in Gangangir area of Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. Seven people, including a doctor, were killed in the terrorist attack in Ganderbal district. Let us tell you that after Jammu and Kashmir became a Union Territory in the year 2019, the police force comes under the jurisdiction of the Union Home Ministry.
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