{"id":22741,"date":"2026-06-16T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=22741"},"modified":"2026-06-16T20:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:11:16","slug":"pathania-questions-nc-protest-says-statehood-already-assured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/16\/pathania-questions-nc-protest-says-statehood-already-assured\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathania questions NC protest, says statehood already assured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jammu, Jun 16:\u00a0<\/strong>Questioning National Conference\u2019s protest on the opening day of monsoon session over the demand of statehood, BJP legislator Ranbir Singh Pathania on Tuesday said the matter has already been committed to by Parliament as well as the country’s top leadership.<\/p>\n

Pathania termed the proposed programme at Jantar Mantar a \u201cnew drama\u201d by the National Conference and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.<\/p>\n

\u201cA new drama, a new theatrics from the side of the National Conference and Omar Abdullah is going to unfold on the issue of statehood in Delhi at Jantar Mantar. I would like to ask how statehood remains an issue when the country’s supreme Parliament has committed to it, the Prime Minister is committed, and the Home Minister is committed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pathania said that instead of staging protests, the National Conference should explain when it would fulfil the promises made to the people during elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen will the National Conference fulfil its election guarantees? When will people get free electricity, free travel, free gas cylinders and one lakh jobs?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Stating that he has respect for Omar Abdullah, Pathania said the Chief Minister should focus on changing the developmental profile of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike an intellectual politician, Omar Abdullah should work to change the profile, destiny and picture of Jammu and Kashmir. Maybe people around you will not show you the mirror, but we will definitely show you the mirror that your government’s existence is not visible at the ground level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The BJP leader alleged that corruption remains a concern in the present dispensation and claimed that even NC legislators had raised such issues before the party leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had said earlier also that some people in your government are totally corrupt. I am not saying this; the people of Jammu and Kashmir are saying this. This is what your own MLAs conveyed to you during the meeting at Dachigam,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pathania urged the government to come out of its \u201ccocoon\u201d and reach out to the people, saying Jammu and Kashmir has immense potential in tourism, industry, science and technology, communications and the film sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cJammu and Kashmir can make its mark across the world, but the way things are being driven today is really disheartening and disappointing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alleging a lack of coordination within the government, Pathania said ministers, the party and the administrative system appeared to be moving in different directions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes it is a Delhi tour, sometimes a Bengaluru tour, sometimes one marathon and then another. Somewhere, the commitments made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir are not being fulfilled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He urged the Chief Minister to focus on governance and public welfare\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jammu, Jun 16:\u00a0Questioning National Conference\u2019s protest on the opening day of monsoon session over the demand of statehood, BJP legislator Ranbir Singh Pathania on Tuesday said the matter has already been committed to by Parliament as well as the country’s top leadership. Pathania termed the proposed programme at Jantar Mantar a \u201cnew drama\u201d by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22742,"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":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741","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=22741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22743,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22741\/revisions\/22743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}