NC to approach Indian SC if IIOJK statehood not restored: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah has said his party will approach the Indian Supreme Court if the government fails to restore statehood to Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Omar Abdullah talking to reporters in Srinagar said, “The reality is that we have a fight on our hands to get our powers back and we have no doubt that we will succeed. At the very least, in the first instance we will get statehood back for J-K.”
The National Conference (NC) leader said if the Indian government is not willing to restore the statehood to Jammu and Kashmir then his party would approach the apex court.
“We only have to go as far to remind the Supreme Court that the government of India has promised the SC that statehood will be restored to J-K. In the unlikely event that the GoI is not willing to do it on its own will, we will go to the SC and we will get justice from there,” said Omar Abdullah.
When asked how the National Conference would go about seeking the restoration of Article 370 abrogated by the Modi government in August 2019 when the apex court has upheld the Government of India’s decision, he said, “We will fight politically. Before this decision of the SC, it upheld Article 370 three times. So, can we not hope that the SC will tomorrow change its decision? If the BJP did not accept defeat even after three rulings, how can we accept defeat after just one verdict?”
To a question about the lessons learnt by the party from the results of the parliamentary polls, Omar Abdullah said the party has learnt that the party’s situation is not as bad as some people have been making of it over the last few years.
