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Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Friday (October 17, 2025) hoped for an aboriginal restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood, saying it would springiness much powers to the elected authorities and alteration it to fulfil the promises made to the radical during past year's assembly elections.
Talking to reporters successful Kulgam territory of southbound Kashmir, Mr. Abdullah said helium had expected the Centre to fulfil the committedness of statehood restoration made to the radical of the Union territory from the level of Parliament and the Supreme Court, but since that has not happened, helium would proceed pressing for it.
"We are hoping for much powers and that is wherefore we are stressing connected the (restoration of) statehood, due to the fact that that is simply a committedness made to the radical of Jammu and Kashmir, and that committedness should beryllium fulfilled," Mr. Abdullah told reporters successful Kulgam territory successful southbound Kashmir.
"Only the Centre and the BJP tin authorities the reasons for keeping Jammu and Kashmir without statehood. But, we volition not halt trying (to marque efforts)," helium added.
Asked astir PDP main Mehbooba Mufti's reported conditions that the authorities enactment her enactment MLA's backstage subordinate bills successful speech for backing the ruling enactment successful the Rajya Sabha polls, Mr. Abdullah said it is the Speaker who decides which Bill tin beryllium brought up successful the assembly and which not.
"My authorities volition not go a hurdle successful the mode of immoderate specified measure that benefits the people. But neither I nor immoderate different subordinate of the assembly tin dictate to the Speaker which measure to bring and which not. There is simply a process to bring a bill. Whichever measure is good, we volition surely enactment those," helium said.
Mr. Abdullah said 1 of his enactment colleagues has besides travel up with a measure connected the contented of onshore grant, and helium does not cognize whether that would besides travel up successful the House oregon not.
"My workfellow Tanvir Sadiq has brought a measure to rectify the Land Grants Act, which was amended successful 2021. I bash not cognize whether Sadiq's measure volition travel up successful the House oregon not, and similarly, determination is simply a process for the PDP measure arsenic well. But, if it is brought up, past my authorities volition not beryllium a hurdle," the main curate said.
On the revival of the bi-annual signifier of Darbar Move — the shifting of offices betwixt wintertime superior Jammu and summertime superior Srinagar — the Chief Minister said the committedness made to the radical has been fulfilled.
"Reviving the Darbar Move was a committedness to the people. When the furniture met astir 3 weeks back, the determination was taken, and it was sent to the LG. When the LG signed the file, we issued the order. It is aft 2021 that Jammu and Srinagar are being linked done the Darbar Move again," helium said.
The Chief Minister asserted that his authorities would bash immoderate is imaginable to fulfil the promises made to the radical wrong the Union Territory set-up.
"I person been saying since the archetypal time that adjacent nether the UT, we volition fulfil arsenic galore promises made to our radical arsenic we can," helium said.
Referring to different committedness of streamlining the preservation system, Mr. Abdullah said a Cabinet sub-committee — tasked to analyse the contented of preservation — has submitted its report, which has been accepted by the Cabinet.
"Now, the section volition hole a Cabinet memo, which volition beryllium approved by circulation and past sent to the LG. That was 1 of our promises with the people," helium added.
To a question whether thing tin beryllium expected from the upcoming league of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for compensating the losses to the effect industry, Mr. Abdullah said discussions were connected with the Centre for a peculiar bundle for the affected.
There is nary request for the assembly league for that. Wherever the crops person suffered losses, beryllium it horticulture oregon agriculture, an appraisal has been done and discussions are connected with the Centre for giving a peculiar bundle akin to different States to supply compensation to the affected people, helium said.
To a question astir revoking FIRs against radical for violations during the Covid pandemic, the main curate said constabulary and instrumentality and bid were not with this authorities yet.
"When we get those powers, past surely we volition fulfil the different promises arsenic well," helium added.
Earlier, the Chief Minister virtually inaugurated cardinal municipality infrastructure projects astatine Kulgam, including the Solid Waste Management and Material Recovery Facility astatine Lirrow, Municipal Shopping Complex and Modern Abattoir, aimed astatine improving commerce and civic amenities successful the district.
He besides chaired a broad reappraisal gathering of District Kulgam, assessing advancement successful cardinal sectors including CAPEX 2025-26 and CSS.
The Chief Minister, successful a station connected X, appreciated the district's effectual effect during the caller floods and reviewed measures for infrastructure restoration and nationalist work delivery.
Mr. Abdullah directed officers to guarantee uninterrupted powerfulness and h2o proviso during winter, expedite imperishable restoration of damaged infrastructure, intensify tract inspections, amended coordination among departments, and prioritise completion of each ongoing projects wrong acceptable timelines to guarantee disposable results connected the ground, the station said.
