PM should've talked about J-K's statehood in address to nation: Farooq Abdullah
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Dated:- 22-9-2025
PTI
Srinagar, Sep 22 (PTI) National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have talked about restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood in his address to the nation.
Modi explained the benefits of the GST reforms to the people in his address to the nation on Sunday evening. The revised GST rates came into effect on Monday.
“You are talking about GST, it would have been better had you (Modi) talked about our statehood in the speech,” Abdullah told reporters here.
Asked if the NC is hopeful of getting a favourable judgement from the Supreme Court where a petition on the m
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h described the system of governance in J-K as “walking on a razor's edge”.
“… but we have to walk on it and we cannot step back,” he said.
Responding to a question about the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik, the NC president said while the language used by the legislator from Doda was inappropriate, booking him under PSA was wrong.
“The words used by Malik were inappropriate. Such language against an officer was unparliamentary. But the PSA was also wrong. They could have resolved it through talks. But they did not do that,” Abdullah said.
He, however, said the elected government has no authority to revoke the PSA.
“We don't have that authority; it is with the lieutenant governor,” he said. PTI SSB RHL
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