Omar Abdullah meets Modi and Rajnath Singh, seeks support for J&K statehood

Omar besides handed implicit the solution passed by his Cabinet past week, urging the Centre reconstruct J&K’s statehood “in its archetypal form”, according to officials.

Omar besides met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and is learnt to person discussed the information situation. Singh posted connected X: “Met with the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Shri @OmarAbdullah successful New Delhi. The NDA Govt nether PM Shri @narendramodi is looking guardant to moving with him for J&K’s progress.”

A root adjacent to the curate said, “The gathering lasted for astir 20-25 minutes. It was a courtesy meeting. He (Omar) hadn’t travel with immoderate circumstantial demand. It was mostly to question the government’s enactment successful creaseless functioning of the caller authorities successful J&K. There was a wide treatment connected information but thing specific.”

Sources said the gathering with the PM lasted for astir fractional an hr successful which Omar presented a bouquet and a Kashmiri shawl to the PM.

On Wednesday, Omar had met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and had akin discussions. All the leaders are learnt to person assured him of Centre’s practice successful ushering successful improvement successful the UT.

Last week, arsenic the archetypal determination of the newly-formed government, the Cabinet chaired by Omar Abdullah had passed a solution unanimously for restoration of statehood of J&K “in its archetypal form”. This was docket fig 1 of the subjects listed for information successful the archetypal meeting.

Subsequently, the solution was approved by L-G Manoj Sinha. “The restoration of statehood volition beryllium a opening of a healing process, reclaiming the law rights and protecting individuality of radical of Jammu and Kashmir,” a authorities connection issued Saturday stated.