NC MLA Salman Ali Sagar, who is close to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, had a few days back said that there was no need for confrontation with the Centre on statehood. “The efforts being made by the Omar government will be productive and result-oriented. The government is doing its efforts in a best manner to get the statehood back,” he said.After the cabinet move, Omar had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, among others, and handed them copies of the resolution, demanding early restoration of statehood. “The government has firm belief that the Centre will respect people’s mandate regarding restoration of statehood and other pressing issues,” Salman said.On the issue of Article 370, the NC president, who recently was quoted having said that it was for Dogras, emphasised that the Article was for the protection of the erstwhile state and its people.
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