Omar Abdullah’s Statehood Signature Campaign: Symbolism, Strategy, or Political Hypocrisy?

Omar Abdullah’s Statehood Signature Campaign: Symbolism, Strategy, or Political Hypocrisy?

Why the New Campaign Has Stirred More Questions Than Answers in Jammu & Kashmir By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 16 Aug 2025 The Promise and the Protest “We will launch a massive signature campaign across Jammu & Kashmir. Over the next eight weeks, we will reach all 90 Assembly Constituencies, gathering signatures in support of restoring J&K’s statehood,” announced Honourable CM Omar Abdullah, standing before party leaders, legislators, and a charged crowd of supporters. It was meant to sound like a battle cry—a show of defiance, a mobilization of…

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Hopes Flicker in Kashmir: Multi-Party Alliance Mulls Reinstating Article 370

Hopes Flicker in Kashmir: Multi-Party Alliance Mulls Reinstating Article 370

The multi-party coalition People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has declared its intention to explore the possibility of lodging a review petition in the Supreme Court, the PAGD spokesman MY Tarigami said. The move is in response to the recent verdict that upheld the Central government’s decision to revoke Article 370 provisions. Tarigami addressed the media in Jammu, expressing discontent with the Supreme Court’s ruling, stating, “What the government of India did on August 5 (2019) is not an ordinary mistake; it was an assault on our basic constitutional rights,…

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