Disappointed, but struggle will continue: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday said he is disappointed but not disheartened by the Supreme Court verdict upholding the Centre’s August 5, 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370, which bestowed special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said it took the BJP decades to abrogate the provisions of Article 370.
“We are also prepared for the long haul,” he said in a post on X.
“Disappointed but not disheartened. The struggle will continue,” Abdullah said in a post on X.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said it took the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) decades to abrogate the provisions of Article 370 and added that they are also prepared for the long haul.
“It took the BJP decades to reach here. We are also prepared for the long haul,” he said.
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the Centre’s August 5, 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370, which bestowed a special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and said steps should be taken to conduct elections to the Assembly in the Union Territory by September 30 next year.
The apex court also directed that statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir be restored at the earliest.
