Restoring J&K’s Statehood: A Call for Harmonious Relations

• Improved transportation networks, reduced civilian killings, and military recruitment.

• Elimination of separatist infrastructure.

• Supreme Court recommended restoration of J&K’s Statehood in December 2023.

• Urgent need for democratic participation in Assembly elections.

• New Delhi should empower a Chief Minister and other regional players.

• Omar Abdullah criticized for lack of authority and status quo custodianship.

• Statehood restoration expected after fresh elections.

• Alarming regional divide between Kashmir Valley and Jammu.

• BJP to remain predominant in Jammu and NC in Kashmir.