New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday termed his first year in office "a difficult one" due to major terror attacks, while sharply criticising the Union territory model for creating a "silo" in security decision making.

Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here, Abdullah rejected the notion of a "return" of homegrown terrorism, arguing that it had never truly disappeared.

He also warned that those who believed the post-2019 constitutional changes were a "miraculous cure" for terror were the ones who were surprised by incidents such as the (April 22) attack in Baisaran (Pahalgam) and the (November 10) blast in Delhi.

"Why do you use the word return? When did it ever go away? It was there," Abdullah said, adding, "The changes that y

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