Omar Abdullah: Didn’t give up demands, foolish to expect return of Article 370 from this govt

Saturday, 26 June 2021Newsdesk

It will be foolish to demand restoration of Article 370 — provision in the Constitution of India that provided Jammu and Kashmir a special dispensation, and was abrogated on August 5, 2019 — from the current government, said former Chief Minister of J&K and vice president of the National Conference.

New Delhi, 26 June 2021

Speaking to The Indian Express a day after the Prime Minister’s meeting with 14 senior leaders from J&K, Omar Abdullah said, “It took the BJP 70 years to fulfill its political agenda for (Article) 370. Our struggle has just started. We don’t want to fool people by telling them we will get 370 back in these talks. It will be foolish to expect 370 will be back — there has been no indication it will be restored by the current government.” In the meeting that lasted for more than three hours Thursday, Omar Abdullah was one of the five persons who could not speak, the other four being Nirmal Singh, Tara Chand, Ghulam A Mir and Ravinder Raina.

Source -The Indian Express