Overview
- Party leaders offered prayers and floral tributes at Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s mausoleum in Naseem Bagh, Hazratbal.
- Farooq Abdullah said most powers lie with the Lieutenant Governor and argued that the call for statehood is meant to benefit the people.
- He defended the government’s first year in office as constrained yet service-focused, urging realistic expectations.
- He appealed for party unity and pressed for greater participation by young people and women in public life.
- Omar Abdullah laid foundation stones for two new Hazratbal gates named Bab-ul-Salam and Bab-ul-Noor to enhance the shrine’s entry points.