{"id":10478,"date":"2026-01-25T19:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=10478"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:35:11","slug":"cm-omar-welcomes-bjp-dropping-jammu-statehood-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/cm-omar-welcomes-bjp-dropping-jammu-statehood-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Omar welcomes BJP dropping Jammu statehood agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were against separation of Ladakh, want its reintegration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leave judiciary selection list on merit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hope Khelo Indian Games are held on time<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gulmarg, Jan 25: Asserting that it’s \u201cgood\u201d if Bharatiya Janata Party doesn\u2019t have any agenda of carving out Jammu as a separate state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said (BJP) and its few friends in Kashmir had initiated this debate.<\/p>\n

Responding to BJP leader Tarun Chug’s claim that demands for Jammu’s separation stem from the National Conference (NC) CM Omar, according to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), told reporters here that it was the BJP that ignited the controversy. \u201cThe BJP MLAs started this debate. How many of them should I name? We never wanted Jammu and Kashmir to be separated,\u201d the Chief Minister said.<\/p>\n

He reiterated his party\u2019s long-standing stance on maintaining the territorial and administrative unity of the region.<\/p>\n

CM Omar also recalled his party\u2019s opposition to the separation of Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir, stating that he still believes Ladakh should be reintegrated with J&K. \u201cWe were against Ladakh being separated from Jammu and Kashmir, and we still want it to become part of J&K,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Referring to recent concerns over selection results in the judiciary where majority of the candidates are from Jammu region, CM Omar said, \u201cDisparities should not be viewed through the lens of religion or regional bias. In selection list for medical seats the trend was opposite. We should stop seeing everything through the prism of religion and region and leave it to merit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Chief Minister said that if there are genuine allegations of wrongdoing, the government is ready to act. \u201cIf you tell me a fraud has been committed, I will investigate it. But we should not play politics on merit,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

Omar also cautioned that politicising such issues could have serious consequences, recalling past events. \u201cIt is the same politics that was played in Jammu which led to the closure of a medical college,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

CM also expressed optimism for hosting the Khelo India Games on schedule this season, pinning hopes on fresh snowfall after last year’s postponement due to snow shortages.<\/p>\n

While inspecting complaints over snow clearance, electricity disruptions and technical snags in the newly launched ski lift in Gulmarg, CM Omar said technical faults will be cleared as soon as possible. “Won’t leave from here until that gets restored”.<\/p>\n

Highlighting snow’s dual role in boosting tourism and averting summer water scarcity, CM said more precipitation is expected soon, which is a positive sign for the valley’s economy.<\/p>\n

The Chief Minister described the upcoming budget as people-friendly, similar to previous years, aimed at easing public inconveniences.<\/p>\n

CM Omar also said that weather challenges have slashed power supply from the targeted 1700 MW daily to just 100 MW amid gusty winds and snow, though levels crossed 1500 MW by last night. “Far-flung areas are yet to receive it, but officials have assured full restoration today”. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were against separation of Ladakh, want its reintegration Leave judiciary selection list on merit Hope Khelo Indian Games are held on time Gulmarg, Jan 25: Asserting that it’s \u201cgood\u201d if Bharatiya Janata Party doesn\u2019t have any agenda of carving out Jammu as a separate state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said (BJP) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10480,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10478\/revisions\/10480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}