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Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has cautioned political leaders in Ladakh against relying on verbal assurances from the BJP-led Indian government, urging them to seek written and signed commitments on their demands.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking to journalists after a meeting in Pulwama, Omar Abdullah said that he was offering leaders from Kargil and Leh advice based on his own experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can only advise the leaders of Ladakh, as a friend and elder brother: please do not believe any promise made by the central government unless it is given to you in writing and signed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause we have suffered from the same thing,\u201d Omar Abdullah added.<\/p>\n
He referred to New Delhi\u2019s verbal assurance regarding restoration of IIOJK\u2019s statehood after the Assembly elections, saying that the commitment had yet to materialize. \u201cWe were also given a verbal promise that immediately after the elections, statehood would be restored. It has now been almost two years, and that promise is nowhere to be seen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Omar Abdullah\u2019s remarks came amid continuing demands in Ladakh region of IIOJK for greater political safeguards and constitutional protections, with the region\u2019s leadership pressing the Indian government on issues including statehood and political representation.<\/p>\n
Addressing the leaders of Leh and Kargil directly, Omar Abdullah said that although the issues facing Ladakh were different in nature from those of Kashmir, they should insist on formal documentation of any commitment made by New Delhi.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo the leaders of Leh and Kargil, my folded-hands request would be: please do not believe verbal promises made by the central government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnless you get something in writing, in the form of an affidavit, I do not think the people of Ladakh will be able to achieve anything,\u201d Omar Abdullah added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has cautioned political leaders in Ladakh against relying on verbal assurances from the BJP-led Indian government, urging them to seek written and signed commitments on their demands. According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking to journalists after a meeting in Pulwama, Omar Abdullah …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":204092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n