'Statehood is our right': Omar rules out 'hybrid system' in J&K

We have managed perfectly well in the past and we will manage well in the future also, says CM

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Chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah on Sunday made a forceful plea for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir without further delay, and indicated that all avenues, including legal options, were being explored by the ruling National Conference (NC) in this regard.

Nearly ten months after the NC swept to power in the Union territory, Omar asserted that statehood was a fundamental right of the people. “The Centre had promised it in Parliament and before the Supreme Court,” he said.

He dismissed talk of a “hybrid system” of government under which law and order would continue to be with the Centre even after statehood is restored and said such talk was emanating from those who had cast doubts about the holding of last year’s assembly elections in which over 64% of voters participated.