Srinagar- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be punished for the defeat of Bhartiya Janata Party in the region.

Speaking with reporters, CM Omar said that people of Jammu and Kashmir were promised a three-way process including delimitation, election and statehood.

He said that statehood has not been restored, indicating it cannot be restored due to the BJP’s defeat in the assembly elections last year. “The people of J&K cannot be punished for the BJP’s defeat,” he added.

He said that the biggest challenge at present is that J&K is not a state. “We hoped that statehood would be restored given the promises done with the people and even the Supreme Court was told about its restoration after the three-way process,” he said, as per new

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