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J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Thursday (February 5, 2026) reiterated the National Conference’s (NC) basal connected the restoration of peculiar presumption to J&K successful the Assembly and pleaded that the exemplary of Union Territory (UT) with Assembly “should beryllium done distant with” from the Constitution. He besides called for re-opening of closed tourist destinations successful Kashmir.
“It’s precise hard to enactment arsenic CM of a UT with Assembly. I entreaty to the Prime Minister to arsenic a acquisition to this federation abolish this strategy from the Constitution. Either it should beryllium a State oregon a UT without Assembly. It’s similar tying the manus of authorities from down and is simply a fraud with the mandate of people,” said Mr. Abdullah, portion speaking wrong the J&K Assembly’s Budget session.
He claimed that the J&K fund preparations were made hard for the elected authorities erstwhile J&K Finance Secretary was transferred to Delhi “in the mediate of the process”.
“I came to cognize astir the transportation of my Finance Secretary connected societal media,” Mr. Abdullah said.
The J&K Chief Minister said the Transaction of Business Rules, required for recently formed UT of J&K, were inactive successful the process. “I americium hopeful to person it (the rules) soon. It’s not simple. It’s complicated,” Mr. Abdullah said.
On closure of respective tourist destinations successful Kashmir aft the Pahalgam onslaught successful April past year, Mr. Abdullah said, “Time has travel to unfastened tourer places. I guarantee the House that the contented volition beryllium taken up with the Home Minister, who is visiting J&K.”
In the look of disapproval from the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and J&K Peoples Conference (JKPC) implicit not mentioning peculiar presumption request successful the Lieutenant Governor’s address, Mr. Abdullah said, “The Centre did not interaction with Article 370 that defines law narration betwixt J&K and India. It was hollowed out. We basal by our connection connected restoration of J&K’s peculiar status, firmly anchored successful the Constitution and Article 370. We person already passed resolutions successful this direction.”
Mr. Abdullah besides questioned the BJP legislators’ remarks connected section militancy ending successful J&K and Statehood lone erstwhile guns fell soundless successful J&K.
“If nary 1 joined militancy from J&K, past who were progressive successful the Red Fort blast. You came up with achromatic collar and hybrid coercion presumption for specified locals from Kashmir. Who is to beryllium blamed for the Pahalgam attack? How did militants reach Udhampur wherever an brushwood took spot a fewer days ago? How is this authorities liable for militancy taking roots successful those areas wherever it was uprooted during our rule,” Mr. Abdullah said. He besides praised “ordinary Kashmiris for coming retired to protestation against the Pahalgam attack”.
He said Statehood was a promise made by the BJP successful its manifesto. “It was promised that aft delimitation and elections, Statehood volition follow. Why this prolonged hold then? Why punish people?” helium added.
Meanwhile, the J&K Chief Minister apprised the House that the rationalisation of preservation proposal, submitted to the Lieutenant Governor, was with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
“Those who would protestation extracurricular my residence implicit preservation should repetition the aforesaid extracurricular the Home minister’s residence present oregon effort to manus implicit a memorandum,” Mr. Abdullah said.
On the caller contention implicit MBBS admissions astatine the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence, Mr. Abdullah blamed the BJP for making it an issue. “It should now try to get number presumption for the assemblage truthful that Hindus survey there. The aforesaid radical are demanding National Law University for Jammu and volition protestation again if Muslims get admissions there,” helium added.
