Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina stated that the issue of statehood for the UT is still sensitive and that both the elected UT government and the central government should "engage in discussions" to ensure the safety and security of the people in the region.
“When it comes to the statehood matter, this is a very sensitive issue; the elected government and the central government should hold negotiations about it together. People’s security is vital. The government will function, and growth will occur only if there is harmony and prosperity here; if there is terrorism and radicalism, the people will suffer,” he said on Wednesday.
He further praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for improving the situation on the ground in the region since 2019. “With a lot of effort, PM Modi and Amit Shah improved the situation here. Therefore, no policy or decision should be taken in haste,” he added.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his first visit to the national capital after assuming office. In a post on X, the home minister wrote, “The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, met Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah.”
The meeting occurred after a recent terror attack in the region’s Ganderbal district, which resulted in the deaths of seven people and injuries to five others.
On October 20, a doctor and six other workers were killed when terrorists attacked a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in the Ganderbal district.
The militants struck while the workers and other staff were returning to their camp in Gund, Ganderbal. This incident has raised alarms among security agencies, as it is the most significant attack in the valley this year. Earlier, nine people were killed and 41 others were injured in a terror attack in Jammu’s Reasi.
Additionally, three back-to-back terror attacks on migrant workers have raised serious concerns about the safety and security of people working in Kashmir from other states.
The non-local labourers, primarily from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, are employed in the agriculture and horticulture sectors.
With the demand for statehood at the centre of Omar Abdullah’s agenda, he is likely to meet PM Modi today.
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