Criticising the Union government for delaying granting statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asked on Sunday if he should approach United States President Donald Trump with his request and hold a demonstration outside the White House, reported The Indian Express.
“Our patience is running out,” the National Conference leader was quoted as saying by The Times of India. “First they said statehood won’t come by raising it in Assembly, then not by protesting in Jammu and Kashmir. Now they say we won’t get it at Jantar Mantar either. Should I go to Donald Trump at White House to seek J&K’s statehood?”
Until the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government clarifies this, we will “hold demonstrations and knock on the doors in our own national capital” to demand the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, added Omar Abdullah.
The National Conference is slated to hold a protest in New Delhi on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, seeking that statehood for the Union Territory be restored.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament will be held from July 20 to August 13.
On August 5, 2019, Article 370 of the Constitution – which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir – was abrogated and the erstwhile state was split into two Union Territories: Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
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