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SRINAGAR, Oct 18: As his government completes one year in office, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addressed a press conference in Srinagar on Saturday, fielding questions on a wide range of pressing issues, from reservation rationalisation and power reforms to tourism revival and alliance politics ahead of by-elections.

On the contentious issue of reservation rationalisation , the Chief Minister was emphatic about following due process and resisting political pressure.

“I am the last person who can be pressurised. There’s a procedure, and that procedure is being followed,” Omar Abdullah said.

“It is not only improper, but borderline illegal to leak details of a cabinet memo

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