Overview
- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah moved a resolution in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Friday seeking the immediate restoration of full statehood and directing that the demand be forwarded to the Union government.
- The text explicitly cited earlier Assembly measures from June 26, 2000, and November 6, 2024, a reference that BJP legislators said revived autonomy issues and triggered the protest.
- BJP MLAs stormed the well, tore copies of the resolution, exchanged blows with rival members and forced Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to adjourn proceedings; the resolution was not put to a vote and remains pending.
- Abdullah said the motion is solely about statehood and challenged BJP members to vote for or against it, arguing that delimitation and elections have been completed while statehood remains unfulfilled.
- The dispute ties to a longer history: the 2000 Assembly autonomy resolution sought a return to pre‑1953 powers and was rejected by the Centre, and after Article 370’s 2019 abrogation J&K became a Union Territory, so any restoration would require action by the Union government.