On his first go to to New Delhi after taking oath, newly-elected J&Ok CM Omar Abdullah Thursday met PM Narendra Modi.
Omar is learnt to have sought the Centre’s cooperation in easy functioning of the UT administration and has apprised Modi concerning the newly-elected legislature passing a decision for grant of full statehood to J&Ok.
Omar additionally handed over the decision handed by his Cupboard final week, urging the Centre restore J&Ok’s statehood “in its authentic type”, in accordance with officers.
Omar additionally met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and is learnt to have mentioned the safety state of affairs. Singh posted on X: “Met with the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Shri @OmarAbdullah in New Delhi. The NDA Govt underneath PM Shri @narendramodi is trying ahead to working with him for J&Ok’s progress.”
A supply near the minister mentioned, “The assembly lasted for about 20-25 minutes. It was a courtesy assembly. He (Omar) hadn’t include any particular demand. It was largely to hunt the federal government’s assist in easy functioning of the brand new authorities in J&Ok. There was a normal dialogue on safety however nothing particular.”
Sources mentioned the assembly with the PM lasted for about half an hour during which Omar offered a bouquet and a Kashmiri scarf to the PM.
On Wednesday, Omar had met Union House Minister Amit Shah and had comparable discussions. All of the leaders are learnt to have assured him of Centre’s cooperation in ushering in improvement within the UT.
Final week, as the primary resolution of the newly-formed authorities, the Cupboard chaired by Omar Abdullah had handed a decision unanimously for restoration of statehood of J&Ok “in its authentic type”. This was agenda quantity one of many topics listed for consideration within the first assembly.
Subsequently, the decision was permitted by L-G Manoj Sinha. “The restoration of statehood can be a starting of a therapeutic course of, reclaiming the constitutional rights and defending identification of individuals of Jammu and Kashmir,” a authorities assertion issued Saturday acknowledged.
