J&K Assembly Passes Statehood Resolution Amid BJP Walkout
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly passed a resolution demanding the restoration of statehood, led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The session was marked by significant disruption and a walkout by BJP MLAs who opposed the move.
Why it matters
This resolution represents a major political challenge to the central government's 2019 decision to reorganize the region.
The Jammu and Kashmir assembly today passed a resolution for the restoration of statehood amid pandemonium and a walkout by BJP MLAs. The resolution was moved by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. He termed restoration of statehood as a matter of right and not any charity of the BJP government, and asked the Centre what's the "appropriate time" to restore statehood.He questioned whether the delay in restoration of statehood is happening because of terrorism and took a swipe that if that was so, then "the decision to restore statehood rests with Pakistan, not India.""If Delhi feels statehood should be restored only after militancy is over then the decision of granting statehood is not with Delhi. It is with Islamabad," Abdullah said. He said they have been "humiliated" by the central government and he is not begging for the restoration of statehood.
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