Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said statehood to Jammu and Kashmir will be restored at an “ appropriate time ” after discussions are held with political stakeholders.

At an ABP News conclave in Patna, Shah responded to growing demands from political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, including Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, for statehood to be restored for Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest.

Shah also claimed that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has significantly improved since the abrogation of Article 370, stating that the Union Territory has taken a “complete U-turn”, highlighting that only one Indian resident had been recruited by terrorist groups over the past nine months.

Shah said that since the abrogation, panchayat, municipal and legislative assembly elections have b

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