Owaisi thinks Omar Abdullah will be the weakest CM, and here’s why | India News – Times of India

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday claimed that Omar Abdullah will be the weakest ever Prime Minister in the history of India after winning the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
He wondered what the CM’s role will be there after the Lt. Governor nominates the five members to the Legislative Assembly, which currently consists of 90 elected members?
Expressing his disapproval over the bill to abolish Article 370, Owaisi said: “My party has opposed the bill to abolish Article 370. The bill contains a provision that the LG will appoint five MLAs, which I find constitutionally wrong. The sitting CM cannot appoint an MLA and the sitting LG, appointed by the Prime Minister, can do so. Then what is the role of the CM?…Omar Abdullah will be the weakest CM ever in Indian history.”
He further stated that the people of Kashmir have shown their anger against the abrogation of Article 370 and delivered a very decisive verdict.
“BJP wanted to divide the Pahadis and the Gujjar, which did not happen. BJP has won 27 seats in Jammu and Congress has won only one, that is the biggest concern…” he added.
In the recently concluded elections, the NC-Congress alliance won 49 seats while the BJP won only 29 seats.
Earlier today, while interacting with journalists, Omar said that restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is the only promise left to be fulfilled by the Center and drew comparisons with Delhi’s similar demand.
“There is a difference between Delhi and us. Delhi was never a full state, and no one ever promised to make it a state. J&K was a state before 2019, and we have been promised the restoration of statehood. The Prime Minister, Home Minister, and senior ministers of the BJP have promised this and said time and again that three steps will be taken in J&K: delimitation, election and then statehood.”
“The delimitation and elections are over; now the state continues to exist. After the formation of the government here, I hope that the first decision of the cabinet will be to adopt a resolution to grant statehood, and that the resolution will be presented to the Prime Minister,” Omar added . .