New Delhi: A decision on the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir will be heard “very soon”, Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal said in Srinagar on Tuesday.
Describing the issue as “very sensitive”, the minister reaffirmed the Central government’s commitment to the process.
Speaking to reporters at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), Meghwal
said that Union Home minister Amit Shah has provided assurances in the Lok Sabha that the rightful process would be followed and the people will get “what is due to them”.
Meghwal was in Srinagar for a different purpose – to lead a workshop on the Tele-Law (DISHA) scheme, focusing on technology-enabled legal services.
But it his comments on the political status of the region that drew attention.
Chief minister Omar Abdullah, who also attended the event, expressed cautious optimism in vis-à-vis Meghwal’ remarks.
Omar said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have been waiting for the “good news” for a year and a half, and hoped that it would finally materialise.
Stressing that his government remains in dialogue with the Centre, Omar rued that the process has taken longer than expected.