Srinagar, Aug 25: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed hope that the Supreme Court will set a deadline on the restoration of statehood to the Union territory after it hears the case in October.
The apex court on Monday refused to advance the date of hearing on pleas seeking restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, saying the matter is already listed on October 10.
I do not know who went to the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing, he added. We also want that there should be no delay in this decision.
He said his government has been after the restoration of statehood for the last ten months since the it took over. Our first decision in the first cabinet meeting was to pass a resolution on statehood.
He added that in my first meeting with the prime minister, the first thing I did was to handover the cabinet resolution on statehood to him but till day not being considered.
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