{"id":2818,"date":"2026-02-17T19:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2818"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:19:40","slug":"128476212-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2818","title":{"rendered":"Omar presses Centre on J&#038;K statehood as Delhi signals decision \u2018soon\u2019 | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128476433,imgsize-48906,width-400,resizemode-4\/quotbjp-should-be-honestquot-omar-abdullah-reiterates-statehood-demand-for-j-k.jpg\" alt=\"Omar presses Centre on J&amp;K statehood as Delhi signals decision \u2018soon\u2019\" title=\"J&amp;K CM Omar Abdullah\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>JAMMU: J&amp;K CM <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/omar-abdullah\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Omar Abdullah<\/a> voiced a mix of hope and scepticism Tuesday after Union law minister Arjun Meghwal said a decision on restoring statehood to the Union territory would be announced \u201csoon\u201d, citing an assurance by home minister Amit Shah in Parliament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>\u201cOne-and-a-half years have passed since an elected govt assumed office and we are still waiting,\u201d Omar told reporters. \u201cWe hope we will not have to wait much longer.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Speaking after a function at Srinagar\u2019s Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, Meghwal described statehood as \u201can important\u201d and \u201cvery sensitive\u201d question. \u201cWhen the Union home minister has said in Parliament that you will get this right, then you will get it,\u201d he said, adding that a process was underway.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Omar said patience was wearing thin. \u201cWe will not be satisfied till we get it. The process is underway but it is taking far too long,\u201d he said, adding that his govt remained in continuous engagement with Centre.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The push comes nearly six years after Centre abrogated Article 370 on Aug 5, 2019, and split the former state into two UTs \u2014 J&amp;K and Ladakh. On Dec 11, 2023, Supreme Court upheld the move while urging that J&amp;K\u2019s statehood be restored \u201cas soon as possible\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Omar, who took office on Oct 16, 2024, has repeatedly raised the issue. On Aug 16 last year, he wrote to BJP and other parties, while urging Parliament to bring a bill to restore statehood.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cThe restoration must not be viewed as a concession,\u201d his letter said, cautioning against a precedent where statehood becomes \u201ca discretionary favour\u201d. He said the delay carries implications for the country\u2019s constitutional values and democratic ethos, citing the reduction of J&amp;K\u2019s status in 2019 and the prolonged wait for reversal.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/omar-presses-centre-on-jk-statehood-as-delhi-signals-decision-soon\/articleshow\/128476212.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMMU: J&amp;K CM Omar Abdullah voiced a mix of hope and scepticism Tuesday after Union&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4198,724,723,719,720,721,8058,1987,1230,722,8059],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-article-370-abrogation","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-jk-statehood-restoration","tag-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-omar-abdullah","tag-today-news","tag-union-territory-of-jk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}