Overview
- Two days after a BJP Rajya Sabha win, the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said delays by the Centre have eroded confidence in restoring statehood.
- He accused the BJP of religion-based politics and highlighted the absence of Muslim MPs and Union ministers in the party as evidence of exclusion.
- He said the Assembly was prevented from debating a statehood resolution after the Speaker barred it, which he argued would have shown BJP MLAs’ positions.
- He cited structural limits of Union Territory governance, noting the elected government does not choose key officers and lacks control over several institutions.
- He said UT business rules drafted under the J&K Reorganisation Act remain with the Centre for approval, dismissed talk of a resignation timeline, and defended his administration’s policies as fair and transparent.