The cabinet of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) led by its Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has passed a resolution for restoration of statehood and Article 370, asking the Indian government to restore statehood.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the draft of the resolution has been prepared and the Chief Minister will travel to New Delhi in a couple of days to hand over the draft to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The meeting was presided over by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Chaudhry and ministers Sakeena Masood Itoo, Javed Ahmad Rana, Javaid Ahmad Dar and Satish Sharma.

IIOJK Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra had told reporters that the party would not join the IIOJK cabinet unless statehood was restored.

The NC President, Farooq Abdullah has expressed confidence that the Indian government would soon restore statehood to IIOJK. ‘We have talked about statehood before and even today, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear an application seeking restoration of statehood within two months. I am sure the Indian government will soon restore it,’ he added.