Omar Abdullah met PM Modi – Read

Latest News :- Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that Jammu and Kashmir will soon be given statehood. The special status of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked on August 5, 2019. Then two union territories, Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh, were created. In this context, the National Conference-Congress alliance recently won the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections and formed the government. National Conference Party Vice President Omar Abdullah took oath as the new Chief Minister of Kashmir on 16th.

The next day, the Cabinet meeting unanimously passed a resolution granting statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. This proposal has been sent to the Central Government through the Lieutenant Governor. After this, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi yesterday. There are reports at that time that Minister Amit Shah had assured that Jammu and Kashmir will soon be given statehood. In this matter, the Chief Minister met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Abdullahdeli yesterday. It is said that only then he would have proposed the demand for giving statehood to Kashmir.

In this regard, National Conference Party sources said, after Jammu and Kashmir gets statehood, the state government will have the power to make laws. Appointment and transfer of IAS and IPS officers can be done by the state government. If the Finance Bill is passed in the Assembly then the consent of the Lieutenant Governor will not be required.

Being a Union Territory, only 10 percent of the number of MLAs can be made ministers. After getting statehood, 15 percent can be made ministers. A case has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. At the same time, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has directly requested the Central Government. National Conference Party sources said this.