{"id":198740,"date":"2026-04-20T18:43:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=198740"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:44:18","slug":"omar-abdullah-hits-out-at-bjp-over-unfulfilled-statehood-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/20\/omar-abdullah-hits-out-at-bjp-over-unfulfilled-statehood-promise.html","title":{"rendered":"Omar Abdullah hits out at BJP over \u2018unfulfilled\u2019 statehood promise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government over what he termed as its \u201cunfulfilled promise\u201d of restoring statehood to the territory, saying there is \u201cno clear answer\u201d from it on the issue.<br><br>According to Kashmir Media Service, Omar Abdullah in a statement in Jammu also targeted the BJP over the issue of the implementation of women\u2019s reservation in legislatures.<br><br>\u201cThere is no clear answer about the restoration of statehood in Jammu and Kashmir. They (BJP) say \u2014 \u2018at the right time\u2019. What does \u2018the right time\u2019 mean? I keep asking them \u2014 tell us clearly. If you say it is your promise, if you have given your word, does your word have no value?&#8221;, he remarked. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government over what he termed as its \u201cunfulfilled promise\u201d of restoring statehood to the territory, saying there is \u201cno clear answer\u201d from it on the issue.According to Kashmir Media Service, Omar Abdullah in a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Omar Abdullah hits out at BJP over \u2018unfulfilled\u2019 statehood promise &#062; 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