National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah connected Monday (September 22, 2025) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should person talked astir restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood successful his code to the nation.
Mr. Modi explained the benefits of the GST reforms to the radical in his code to the federation on Sunday (September 21) evening. The revised GST rates came into effect connected Monday (September 22, 2025).
"You are talking astir GST, it would person been amended had you (Modi) talked astir our statehood successful the speech," Mr. Abdullah told reporters successful Srinagar.
Asked if the NC is hopeful of getting a favourable judgement from the Supreme Court — wherever a petition connected the substance is listed for proceeding successful the 2nd week of October — Mr. Abdullah said each national of Jammu and Kashmir is hoping that statehood would beryllium restored.
"Not conscionable the National Conference, but everyone has hopes that we volition get our statehood back," helium said.
Asked astir JKLF president Yasin Malik's case, the erstwhile Chief Minister of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir said it was for the courts to decide.
"Courts marque the decision. The tribunal volition determine that. We person nary relation successful that," helium said.
Malik, who is serving a beingness condemnation successful a panic backing case, was arrested successful February 2019 and is facing respective cases, including those related to the kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed and the onslaught connected IAF unit astatine Rawalpora successful 1990.
Mr. Abdullah described the strategy of governance successful J-K arsenic "walking connected a razor's edge".
"... but we person to locomotion connected it and we cannot measurement back," helium said.
Responding to a question astir the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik, the NC president said portion the connection utilized by the legislator from Doda was inappropriate, booking him nether PSA was wrong.
"The words utilized by Malik were inappropriate. Such connection against an serviceman was unparliamentary. But the PSA was besides wrong. They could person resolved it done talks. But they did not bash that," Mr. Abdullah said.
He, however, said the elected authorities has nary authorization to revoke the PSA.
"We don't person that authority; it is with the lieutenant governor," helium said.
