Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said statehood for Jammu and Kashmir will be restored “at an appropriate time” and promised a “good resolution” of demands raised by people in the Union Territory of Ladakh.

Speaking at a media conclave in Patna, Shah said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved since the abrogation of Article 370. “This is a qualitative change. Terror‑infested Jammu and Kashmir has taken a U‑turn — no local terrorist has been recruited in the last nine months,” he said, adding that residents now feel they “belong to the entire country and the entire country belongs to them.”

Shah said democracy has been restored in the region, noting that panchayat and municipal polls and legislative assembly elections have taken place, and that Rajya Sabha electi

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