Overview

• At the Travel & Tourism Fair in Gandhinagar on July 31, Omar Abdullah invited Gujarat travellers to explore Jammu & Kashmir’s year-round attractions and rich cultural heritage.
• He met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and leading tour operators to reassure key markets of enhanced safety protocols.
• Abdullah criticised intelligence failures that preceded the April 22 Pahalgam attack, noting that the three neutralised terrorists had been brought down but no officials had been held responsible.
• Questioning the 2019 promise that abrogating Article 370 would end terrorism, he highlighted ongoing militant incidents and urged restoration of statehood with full local security control.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Abdullah’s visits to the Sabarmati Riverfront and Statue of Unity as symbols of national unity and confidence-building for travellers.