{"id":133986,"date":"2026-09-29T09:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=133986"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:23:37","slug":"india-held-kashmirs-assembly-backs-return-to-statehood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/133986\/","title":{"rendered":"India-held Kashmir\u2019s assembly backs return to statehood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SRINAGAR(National Times)-  India-held Kashmir\u2019s asse\u00admbly endorsed the restoration of statehood on Monday, a non-binding resolution that politicians from Pri\u00adme Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s party condemned as \u201canti-national\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the latest twist in the long-running contentious debate about rule ever since New Delhi revoked held Kashmir\u2019s limited autonomy in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Omar Abdullah, who heads the occupied state\u2019s government, introduced the resolution, saying that statehood was \u201cour right\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the Bha\u00adratiya Janata Party staged a walkout before the vote, with many of them calling the resolution \u201cunconstitutional\u201d and \u201canti-nati\u00adonal\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It calls upon the government in New Delhi to ensure \u201cthe immediate and urgent restoration of full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The text also referred to resolutions demanding autonomy, passed in 2000 and 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three are not constitutionally binding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR(National Times)- India-held Kashmir\u2019s asse\u00admbly endorsed the restoration of statehood on Monday, a non-binding resolution that politicians from Pri\u00adme Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s party condemned as \u201canti-national\u201d. 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