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SRINAGAR: For the first time since assuming office in Oct 2024, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday admitted his optimism regarding the restoration of statehood was fading. “I was hopeful from day one about the restoration of statehood,” he said. “Now, the hope has diminished. The longer you keep us waiting and delay statehood, the less hopeful we’ll be,” Omar said while interacting with reporters in his office at J&K Assembly, which is in session currently. Asked about reports claiming he would step down as CM if J&K’s statehood was not restored within a fixed period, Omar refused to comment. On Sunday, he had said in an interview that he had set for himself a finite time frame wherein, if

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