Omar Abdullah brings Statehood resolution in J&K Assembly amid loud protests by BJP MLAs
Reference to 2002 autonomy report triggers protests by 29 BJP legislators in the Assembly as they tore the NC-backed resolution, stormed into the Well of the House and climbed onto tables forcing a brief adjournment
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday, September 25, 2026, moved a resolution on the immediate restoration of full Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. File
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday moved a resolution on the restoration of Statehood “in continuation of the 2000 autonomy resolution” and evoked protests from the Opposition BJP legislators, who tore the resolution, climbed the tables and opposed any move to discuss autonomy or Article 370 in the Assembly.
“In addition to the Resolutions passed by this House on 26th June 2000 and 6th November 2024, this House calls upon the Government of India for the immediate and urgent restoration of full Statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and resolves that this Resolution be forwarded to Government of India,” reads the resolution moved by Mr. Abdullah in the Supplementary List of Business.
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