Asserting that the historic decision taken by National Conference leaders 80 years ago to accede to India was the "right decision," Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday renewed his pitch for the restoration of special status and statehood to the region, terming it essential for upholding the nation's federal structure. Addressing the main Independence Day function at the Bakshi Stadium here, Abdullah maintained that if Jammu and Kashmir's special position under Article 370 had not been revoked in 2019, the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) would today be protesting to reunite with Jammu and Kashmir. Paying tributes to National Conference founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah and local volunteers who resisted invaders from across the border in 1947, the chief minister said thousands sacrificed their lives to safeguard the territory before the Indian Army arrived. "When I see the situation across the border and the Line of Control, I realise that our ancestors
People in PoK would have wanted to join India if Art 370 had stayed: Omar
Asserting that the historic decision taken by National Conference leaders 80 years ago to accede to India was the right decision, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday renewed his pitch for the…
Asserting that the historic decision taken by National Conference leaders 80 years ago to accede to India was the right decision, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday.
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