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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday admitted that his initial optimism for the restoration of statehood is “diminishing” by the day as the process drags on, saying that the prolonged wait is inevitably chipping away at his faith.

However, the chief minister said that despite the decrease in optimism after a year, he was still hopeful that statehood would be restored to J&K.

“I was hopeful from the first day. My hopefulness has decreased a little. But it is still there,” Abdullah told reporters after the second day of the ongoing assembly session.

“But the more this process continues, it is obvious, it is human nature, the hopefulness will decrease, not increase. The more you make us wait, the less hopeful we will be. But it has only been a year, th

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