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J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Monday (May 11, 2026) met Union Home Minister Amit Shah successful New Delhi, with “Statehood presumption inactive a portion of the process”. Earlier successful the day, Mr. Abdullah backed the Centre’s determination to assistance the telecom powers to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
The gathering betwixt Mr. Shah and Mr. Abdullah assumed significance due to the fact that of a agelong database of pending files submitted by the Union Territory (UT) authorities for last support from the Centre.
Identifying the Statehood presumption arsenic 1 of the pressing issues, Mr. Abdullah said, “I privation we had got Statehood successful 1 meeting. Then we would person got it agelong ago. The process is going on, but whenever we meet, I ever speech astir Statehood,” said Mr. Abdullah.
A elder National Conference (NC) person said the lack of Business Rules, which was to beryllium framed arsenic per the J&K Reorganisation Act 2019, was impacting the governance issues ever since an elected authorities came into being successful J&K successful 2024, aft a spread of six years.
“There is nary demarcation connected the roles of the Chief Minister and the L-G regarding galore departments, making it hard for the Chief Minister to play his relation and present connected the governance issues,” said the NC leader, connected the information of anonymity.
The J&K authorities besides awaited the last motion from the Centre connected a three-member proposal forwarded to Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha much than a twelvemonth agone successful April past year.The study was aimed astatine rationalising the existing reservation policy, which reduced the stock of seats for ‘Open Merit’ applicants successful authorities acquisition institutes and authorities departments to 30%.The Omar Abdullah government, aft assuming powerfulness successful October 2024, had acceptable up a three-member subcommittee to survey the reservation policy and suggest measures to summation the unfastened class stock to 50%.
The J&K authorities has besides forwarded a record connected nominating the caller Advocate General (AG) for the UT. The Reorganisation Act mandated the elected authorities to nonstop a connection connected the assignment of the AG but needs to beryllium approved by the Lok Bhavan. J&K remains without an AG from 2024.
“There are galore issues which are amended discussed straight with the Home Minister,” said Mr. Abdullah, earlier leaving for Delhi.
Ahead of the gathering with Mr. Shah, the J&K Chief Minister backed enhanced powers of the L-G implicit the telecommunication assemblage successful the UT.
“Telephone tapping, net shutdowns oregon suspension of mobile services are linked to instrumentality and bid and security, which are nether the Home Department and the LG. So, these powers should stay with them,” said Mr. Abdullah.
