Jammu & Kashmir

Omar in Delhi to meet Modi, Amit Shah for ‘statehood resolution’

Omar Abdullah and Narendra Modi in a frame. [File Photo]

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday arrived in New Delhi to meet several top leaders including Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

This is his first visit to Delhi after becoming chief minister of the Union Territory.

Sources told news agency Kashmir News Observer that Omar Abdullah will meet home minister Amit Shah this evening.

They said that he will meet Modi tomorrow and is likely to submit resolution passed by his cabinet, seeking restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet passed a resolution on October 17, urging union government to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

The Cabinet authorised the chief minister to take up the matter with the Prime Minister and the GoI.

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