Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir should become a state again as soon as possible, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the National Tribal Festival in the frontier Gurez sector in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Abdullah said it has been a long time since the Supreme Court had asked the Centre to restore J-K’s statehood “as soon as possible”.
“When the court gave its ruling in the Article 370 case, there were two important aspects in that. One was related to (assembly) elections, that elections should be conducted within a timeframe. The court also talked about statehood, saying statehood should be restored to Jammu and Kashmir as soon as possible,” Abdullah said.
“Now, a lot of time has passed since then. We want Jammu and Kashmir to become a state again as soon as possible,” the chief minister added.
