Last week was all about statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. Nothing new, except that the two sides reiterated their stands – it is right of the people of this land, and Centre was reminded of, the promises it made on the floor of the Parliament and to Supreme Court on restoring the statehood. Union Home Minister Amit Shah cited the same promises made in the Parliament to counsel Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to be patient and trust the word that statehood would be restored at an “appropriate time”.

The Home Minister made three significant points at a media conclave in Patna on Saturday with regard to Jammu and Kashmir – (a) the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has taken a U-turn in the past 11 years as India has given befitting reply to all acts of cross-border terrorism, (b) the whole concept

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