New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured his commitment to restoring full statehood at the appropriate time to J & K and requested to participate in the de- limitation process.                        Prime Minister Narendra Modi met all political party leaders from J & K for restoration of full statehood and conducting elections. In three hour long meeting with political leaders said about removing Dilli ki Doori as well as Dil Ki Doori.

14 political leaders from eight political parties, including four Chief Ministers, including NC, PDP, Congress, BJP and other parties attended the three hour meeting aimed at getting the political process back on course in the region after it lost its special status under Article 370 of the Constitution in 2019.

According to the sources, PM said statehood would be restored at an appropriate time, but urged the parties to get on board with delimitation or the redrawing of Assembly constituencies to enable elections.

Elections can happen soon after delimitation; most participants expressed willingness for it. The main focus of the meeting was to strengthen the democratic process. Modi said that we are fully committed to the democratic process in J&K. He stressed that the holding assembly elections just like the successful District Development Council elections is a priority, said sources.

Shah in his tweet said that the future of Jammu and Kashmir was discussed and the delimitation exercise and peaceful elections are important milestones in restoring statehood as promised in Parliament. After meeting with PM Modi, the former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said to the media person that almost all leaders were unhappy with delimitation only in Jammu and Kashmir.

In other states, delimitation will be taken up in 2026, why has been Jammu and Kashmir been singled out? We told the PM delimitation is not needed, he said, adding that trust has broken between the Centre and Kashmir.

PDP Chief Mahabooba Mufti said we will struggle for 370, be it months or years. We didn’t get Special Status from Pakistan, but from India, Nehru. There can be no compromise on this, she said after the meeting.