Jammu and Kashmir Assembly seeks immediate restoration of statehood

The resolution passed by voice vote after a BJP walkout and will be sent to the Union government; it does not itself change the territory’s status.

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28 September 2026 · 2 min read

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The resolution passed by voice vote after a BJP walkout and will be sent to the Union government; it does not itself change the territory’s status.

Event / development: 28 Sept 2026
Location: Jammu and Kashmir

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The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on September 28 passed a resolution asking the Government of India to restore full statehood to the Union territory immediately. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had moved the resolution on September 25 during the autumn session, and the House adopted it by voice vote after debate.

Bharatiya Janata Party legislators opposed the resolution and walked out before the vote. The text says the demand is in addition to Assembly resolutions passed on June 26, 2000, and November 6, 2024, and directs that the new resolution be forwarded to the Union government for action.

The resolution records the elected House’s position but does not itself convert Jammu and Kashmir into a state. Restoring statehood requires action at the Union level under India’s constitutional and parliamentary framework; the September 28 vote did not announce a timetable or completed legal change.

Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in August 2019. In its December 2023 Article 370 judgment, the Supreme Court recorded the Union government’s assurance that Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood would be restored and said restoration should take place at the earliest. The Assembly vote renews that demand while leaving the legal status unchanged for now.