"At Right Time": Amit Shah Hints At Possible Rollback On J&K Statehood | Read

Union home minister Amit Shah, who announced the government's plans to end Jammu and Kashmir's statehood this morning, held out some hope in the evening that it might be restored one day, after it becomes the country's most developed area. The government is pushing through a bill to "reorganize" Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories - Ladakh without any legislature and Jammu and Kashmir with one. "Several MPs have asked how long will J&K remain a Union Territory. I want to assure them when situation gets normal and the right time comes, we are ready to make J&K a state again. It may take a little longer, but it will become a state once again, one day. Don't want the state to remain a Union Territory forever," Amit Shah said.