SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the National Conference remained firmly committed to reversing the administrative and constitutional changes that, according to the party, had taken away the region’s rights and threatened its distinct identity.
His remarks came on the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A and the reorganisation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
In a post on X, Abdullah said the party had neither forgotten nor reconciled with the present circumstances.
“Seven years, we haven’t forgotten and we haven’t reconciled, far less accepted our current circumstances. My party and I remain committed to reversing all that was done to J&K that took away our rights and threatens our identity,” he said.
Quoting Robert Frost’s poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Abdullah added: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep.”
The National Conference has repeatedly demanded the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, maintaining that the commitment was made by the Centre in Parliament and before the Supreme Court.
Statehood restoration has remained one of the party’s principal demands since the constitutional changes of August 5, 2019.
