CM Omar Abdullah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 24 and Home Minister Amit Shah on October 23 in Delhi.
An agreement was reached at the Center to restore full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. At the same time, Ladakh will remain a Union Territory. A proposal on this subject will be presented during the winter session of Parliament which begins in the last week of November.
State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Home Minister Amit Shah on October 23 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 24. During this period, Omar had requested the restoration of its full statehood. He had received assurances of restoration of his statehood this year.
In 2019, when Articles 370 and 35A were removed, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were created as two Union Territories. Even then, the government had assured that it would restore full statehood once the situation in the state returned to normal. The BJP also repeated this in the recent National Assembly elections.
In the first cabinet meeting of the government formed after the elections, the proposal to restore statehood was adopted and sent to the Lieutenant Governor (LG). After approving the proposal on October 19, LG Manoj Sinha sent it to the Home Ministry.
The Omar Abdullah government, in its first cabinet meeting on October 17, had adopted the proposal to grant statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
Legal process for statehood of Jammu and Kashmir… 2 points
The State of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganized into two Union Territories under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. Therefore, to achieve full statehood, changes will need to be made to the Reorganization Act by passing an Act in Parliament. These changes will be made under Articles 3 and 4 of the Constitution. To give statehood, approval of new legal changes will be required in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, i.e. it is necessary to get approval for this proposal from Parliament. . After approval, it will be sent to the President. After its approval, Jammu and Kashmir will get full statehood from the date the President issues the notification of this legal change.
What will change in Jammu and Kashmir after full statehood?
Responsibility for policing and law and order will rest with the state government. The government will have direct control over the police. The state government will also have the right to legislate on matters relating to land, revenue and police. The governor will then not interfere in the management of the government and will not depend on the Center for financial assistance. END. Financial assistance will be provided by the Finance Commission. The State Assembly shall have the power to legislate in matters of public order and concurrent list. If the government introduces a financial bill, it will not need the governor’s approval for it. the state government will have complete control over the office and all Indian services. That is, the transfer and posting of officers in the state will be done according to the state government, the lieutenant governor will have no control over it. With the amendments made to sections 286, 287, 288 and 304, the state government will get full powers. trade, tax and commercial rights. In a Union Territory, 10% of the number of MPs can be appointed as ministers. With the restoration of the state, this restriction on the number of ministers will also end and up to 15% of the number of ministers. A certain number of deputies can become ministers. Apart from this, Jail State government will have more powers than the Center to implement prisoner release programs and fulfill other election promises of the National Conference.
Omar Abdullah was sworn in as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16. This photo is from the same day.
The question of statehood also came before the Supreme Court. A petition demanding statehood for Jammu and Kashmir has also been filed in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear the petition demanding full statehood for Jammu and Kashmir UT within two months. Advocate Gopal Shankar Narayan filed this petition on behalf of Zahoor Ahmed Bhat and Khurshid Ahmed Malik. CJI DY Chandrachud had said he would hear this. …
The first assembly elections were held in the state after the abrogation of Article 370 in September. Assembly elections were held for the first time in the state last month after the abrogation of Article 370. The results of the elections held in three phases were out on October 8. In this area, the National Conference (NC) has become the largest party. The party obtained 42 seats. The Congress, an ally of NC, won 6 seats and the CPI(M) one seat.
The BJP emerged as the second largest party with 29 seats. At the same time, the PDP, which became the largest party in the 2014 legislative elections, obtained only 3 seats. Party leader Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti also lost her seat in Bijbehara. In the last elections, the party won 28 seats.
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To give Jammu and Kashmir full statehood, amendments will have to be made to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. After obtaining approval from Parliament, it will be sent to the President. After its approval, Jammu and Kashmir will get full statehood from the date the President issues the notification of this legal change. …
After Omar’s oath, the Congress had declared: the struggle will continue until full-fledged statehood is achieved.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had administered oath of office to Omar Abdullah as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Center on October 16.
Omar Abdullah was sworn in as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on October 16. The Congress, which fought the parliamentary elections alongside the National Conference, did not join the government. The Congress supported the government from outside. The party says its struggle will continue until Jammu and Kashmir gets statehood. …