Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said he is “seriously considering” becoming a party to the petitions in the Supreme Court seeking restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. “I have had conversations with very senior lawyers in both J&K and Delhi about the possibility of becoming a party to this case, as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, because I don’t think anybody else understands the disadvantages we are put through by being a Union Territory more than I do,” he said during a press conference in Srinagar, IE reported.

Emphasising his unique position to represent the issue, Omar added, “I am the only person in the country with the experience of having served as Chief Minister of J&K when it was a state and now as CM of a UT.” He confirmed that discuss

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