Mubashir Alam
Srinagar, Oct 24: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to present a cabinet resolution seeking restoration of Jammu & Kashmir’s statehood.
Sources said that Omar met the PM today and handed over the cabinet resolution to him.
The resolution, cleared by the J&K cabinet in its first meeting on October 17, seeks restoration of J&K’s statehood” in its original form.”
Sources disclosed that the security situation and development works in Jammu & Kashmir also came up for discussion during the meeting, which lasted for nearly 30 minutes.
In a brief statement, the Press Information Bureau(PIB) said that the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.
“CM of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri @OmarAbdullah met PM @narendramodi,” the Prime Minister’s handle on X posted.
This was the first meeting of Omar Abdullah with the PM after being sworn as Chief Minister of J&K.
Omar, who arrived in the national capital for the first time on Wednesday since becoming CM, met Home Minister Amit Shah last evening.
Omar today also met Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari to discuss key road infrastructure development projects with him.
The CM also met Defense Minister Rajnath Singh this evening.
In a post on X, Singh said that the NDA-led government is looking forward to working with Omar Abdullah for J&K’s progress.
“Met with the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah in New Delhi. The NDA Govt under PM Narendra Modi is looking forward to working with him for J&K’s progress,” he posted on X.
