Owais Gul
New Delhi, Feb 10: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Parliament here on Monday.
After meeting the Home Minister, CM Omar Abdullah, told reporters that he discussed several issues, including J&K statehood restoration, security situation, governance and upcoming budget session of the assembly. “I held a detailed discussion with the Home Minister on the important matters,” he said.
Pertinently, the Home Minister last week had chaired a security review meeting at his residence in New Delhi. The meeting was attended by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, top security and other officials.
Today’s meeting was Omar’s third engagement with Union Home Minister Amit Shah since taking over as the J&K Chief Minister.
It may be recalled that soon after assuming office the J&K Chief Minister had met the Home Minister on October 23, 2024 during his first visit to New Delhi.
That meeting, according to the officials, was primarily a formal introduction. “Omar had briefed Shah about the situation and had exuded hope that J&K’s statehood would be restored soon,” the officials had said.
On December 19, 2024, the J&K Chief Minister had met the Union Home Minister for the second time and “discussed the restoration of statehood for J&K, and the hurdles faced by the UIT’s elected government.”
In the December meeting Omar, according to the media reports, had sought clarification on the Transaction of Business Rules (TBR) to understand the authority of the elected government across various departments. “There are a lot of issues on which I need to talk with the Home Minister. Currently, J&K is a UT and we are expecting statehood. The Home Minister has a different role in the UT,” Omar had told reporters before meeting Shah for the second time.
