{"id":91667,"date":"2025-10-19T00:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T18:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=91667"},"modified":"2025-10-19T00:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T18:44:10","slug":"will-revoke-psa-once-statehood-is-restored-cm-omar-abdullah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/will-revoke-psa-once-statehood-is-restored-cm-omar-abdullah\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Revoke PSA Once Statehood is Restored: CM Omar Abdullah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Says, NC candidate for Budgam to be announced within 48 Hours; Cabinet memo will not be made public until signed by LG; Smart meters mandatory for free electricity; Hope for early restoration of statehood<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Srinagar, Oct 18 (KNC): Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that the National Conference will announce its candidate for Budgam constituency within the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n

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Interacting with media persons in Srinagar, CM Omar as per news agency Kashmir News Corner — KNC said his party is committed to its manifesto and every promise will be fulfilled during the tenure.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are working to address public concerns including power supply, tourism revival and other vital issues,\u201d Omar said.<\/p>\n

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He also said that NC will extend support to Congress in Nagrota seat if the party decides to contest from there.<\/p>\n

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On the restoration of statehood, Omar Abdullah expressed hope that the process will be expedited.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are hopeful that statehood will be restored as soon as possible,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

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Regarding the ongoing reservation row, the Chief Minister said, \u201cLet the cabinet memo be finalised and reach the Lieutenant Governor. It is only a matter of days before the decision will be made.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On electricity concerns, Omar Abdullah stated that without the installation of smart meters, free 200 units of power to poor households will not be possible.<\/p>\n

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He further said that efforts are underway to revive the tourism sector after the recent Pahalgam attack.<\/p>\n

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On being asked about his manifesto promise of revoking the Public Safety Act (PSA), Omar Abdullah made his stand clear.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOnce statehood to J&K is restored, we will revoke the PSA. We will not wait even for the assembly session but will revoke the law through an ordinance,\u201d Omar said.<\/p>\n

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He reiterated that many points in the NC manifesto depend on the return of statehood, as security and law & order currently fall under the jurisdiction of the Lieutenant Governor.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, I once again reiterate, once statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is restored, our government will revoke the Public Safety Act (PSA) from J&K,\u201d CM Omar said. (KNC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Says, NC candidate for Budgam to be announced within 48 Hours; Cabinet memo will not be made public until signed by LG; Smart meters mandatory for free electricity; Hope for early restoration of statehood   Srinagar, Oct 18 (KNC): Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that the National Conference will announce its candidate for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91669,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91667\/revisions\/91669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}