"PM An Honourable Man, Hope He...": Omar Abdullah's Key Ask After J&K Win
NDTV
The NC-Congress-Left alliance won 49 of J&K's 90 elected Assembly seats, with the BJP claiming 29 and the PDP of Mehbooba Mufti managing only three seats, 25 fewer than it did a decade ago under her father, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.
Jammu and Kashmir will not benefit from an "antagonistic relationship" with the BJP-led central government, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah told NDTV Tuesday evening, shortly after his party and the Congress won the 2024 J&K Assembly election - the first in a decade.
Mr Abdullah - who will become Chief Minister for a second time, having already received the support of his father and party patriarch Farooq Abdullah - also called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfil his promise and restore statehood stripped five years ago after the scrapping of Article 370.
Restoration of statehood was a key poll plank for the NC-Congress alliance.