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Assembly set for stormy session over statehood resolution debate

September 28, 2026 | Ayaan Wani

Srinagar, Sep 27: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is likely to witness uproar and noisy scenes on Monday as the statehood restoration resolution moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday will come up for discussion.

As per the list of business, the discussion on the statehood resolution moved by the CM will take place on Monday after Question Hour.
The BJP members are likely to vociferously oppose any discussion on the statehood resolution, which has also reference to the 2000 autonomy resolution passed by the house.
Soon after Omar tabled the statehood resolution on Friday, BJP MLAs created a ruckus in the assembly, leading to an abrupt end to the proceedings of the House for the day.
While the BJP demanded dismissal of the National Conference government for bringing in the resolution, which tied statehood to the pre-1953 position, Omar said his resolution sought a vote only on the restoration of statehood.
On Friday, Omar accused BJP MLAs of creating a ruckus in the House to evade voting on the resolution.
He said the fresh resolution tabled by him did not dilute earlier resolutions on greater autonomy or special status and was tabled to have one voice for restoration of statehood.
The CM said the House was not being asked to vote on Article 370 or special status, as those resolutions passed on June 26, 2000, and November 6, 2024, respectively, were already the property of the House.
The erstwhile state assembly had passed a resolution moved by the then Farooq Abdullah government on June 26, 2000, seeking restoration of greater autonomy as it existed before August 9, 1953. On November 6, 2024, the assembly had passed a resolution seeking the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's special status.
While the Congress, as an ally, has supported the demand for restoration of statehood, the Peoples Conference has also supported the National Conference over the issue.
People's Conference president Sajad Lone said statehood was not charity, but the right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma accused the NC-Congress government of attempting to overrun its constitutional domain by moving a resolution in the assembly which sought to revive issues related to autonomy and the pre-1953 constitutional arrangement.
"The Bharatiya Janata Party does not want this. Our leadership has committed on the floor of the House that we will provide statehood at an appropriate time. But their nefarious designs are not about statehood. They want it (greater autonomy) forcibly. They want to revive the kind of political arrangement that Sheikh Abdullah had designed at that time," Sharma claimed.
Meanwhile, PDP MLA Waheed Para has submitted an amendment to the statehood resolution moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
According to the amendment, Para has sought to add "restoring Article 370 and Article 35A in their original form" to the resolution that was tabled by Abdullah on Friday.
The MLA has submitted the amendment to the secretariat of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.

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Assembly set for stormy session over statehood resolution debate

September 28, 2026 | Ayaan Wani

Srinagar, Sep 27: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is likely to witness uproar and noisy scenes on Monday as the statehood restoration resolution moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday will come up for discussion.

As per the list of business, the discussion on the statehood resolution moved by the CM will take place on Monday after Question Hour.
The BJP members are likely to vociferously oppose any discussion on the statehood resolution, which has also reference to the 2000 autonomy resolution passed by the house.
Soon after Omar tabled the statehood resolution on Friday, BJP MLAs created a ruckus in the assembly, leading to an abrupt end to the proceedings of the House for the day.
While the BJP demanded dismissal of the National Conference government for bringing in the resolution, which tied statehood to the pre-1953 position, Omar said his resolution sought a vote only on the restoration of statehood.
On Friday, Omar accused BJP MLAs of creating a ruckus in the House to evade voting on the resolution.
He said the fresh resolution tabled by him did not dilute earlier resolutions on greater autonomy or special status and was tabled to have one voice for restoration of statehood.
The CM said the House was not being asked to vote on Article 370 or special status, as those resolutions passed on June 26, 2000, and November 6, 2024, respectively, were already the property of the House.
The erstwhile state assembly had passed a resolution moved by the then Farooq Abdullah government on June 26, 2000, seeking restoration of greater autonomy as it existed before August 9, 1953. On November 6, 2024, the assembly had passed a resolution seeking the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's special status.
While the Congress, as an ally, has supported the demand for restoration of statehood, the Peoples Conference has also supported the National Conference over the issue.
People's Conference president Sajad Lone said statehood was not charity, but the right of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma accused the NC-Congress government of attempting to overrun its constitutional domain by moving a resolution in the assembly which sought to revive issues related to autonomy and the pre-1953 constitutional arrangement.
"The Bharatiya Janata Party does not want this. Our leadership has committed on the floor of the House that we will provide statehood at an appropriate time. But their nefarious designs are not about statehood. They want it (greater autonomy) forcibly. They want to revive the kind of political arrangement that Sheikh Abdullah had designed at that time," Sharma claimed.
Meanwhile, PDP MLA Waheed Para has submitted an amendment to the statehood resolution moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
According to the amendment, Para has sought to add "restoring Article 370 and Article 35A in their original form" to the resolution that was tabled by Abdullah on Friday.
The MLA has submitted the amendment to the secretariat of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.


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