Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said he was waiting for the fulfilment of the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
“Will see whether we have to go legally or not for statehood but till then, we are waiting for the Prime Minister and the Home Minister as they have assured that statehood will be restored to Jammu and Kashmir,” Omar told the media at an event today.
On the issue of reservation in the recruitment, Omar however, lashed out at the former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti stating, “how much she (Mehbooba Mufti) is speaking on this? Where was she when she had the opportunity to raise this issue?”
“When she was contesting elections from Anantnag constituency and seeking votes from Rajouri-Poonch, why did she prefer silence on this matter? Why did the People’s Conference leader, Sajjad Lone, who was close to the BJP, not speak on the reservation issue then?” Omar said.
He said the Cabinet Sub-Committee, framed by his government, has submitted its report on the reservation to cabinet. The cabinet has accepted the report and forwarded it to the Law Department before taking a final call thereafter.
On opening of Raabta office in Jammu, Abdullah said, “We want to reach out to people and after the successful response in Kashmir, we wanted to have a similar office in Jammu as well so that the grievances can be taken via both online and offline modes and can be addressed without any delay.”