Will move SC if there is inordinate delay in restoring statehood to J&K, says Farooq Abdullah
The National Conference will move the Supreme Court if there is an inordinate delay in restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, party chief Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday, PTI reported.
After a party meeting, Farooq Abdullah said that the residents of the Union Territory wanted their issues resolved immediately after the Assembly elections in October but “statehood [not being restored] is stopping us”.
“We are waiting for statehood,” The Hindu quoted the National Conference chief as saying. “If there are delays, we will have no option but to go to the Supreme Court. I am hopeful that when statehood is restored, we will get [more] powers.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre had abrogated Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state, in August 2019. It also bifurcated the state into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
In December 2023, the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the 2019 order abrogating Article 370 and ordered the Centre to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
On November 6, the Assembly passed a resolution calling for the restoration of the special status that the erstwhile state had under Article 370.
Through the resolution, the Assembly had sought to reaffirm the importance of the special status and constitutional guarantees that “safeguarded the identity, culture and rights of the people”...
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