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In first I-Day address as UT CM, Omar Abdullah announces signature campaign for J&K statehood

Srinagar, Aug 15 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today announced the launch of a door to door signature campaign across the Union Territory for the restoration of J&K’s statehood.

In his first Independence Day speech after getting elected as Chief Minister of Union Territory of J&K, Omar said that he had believed that J&K would not benefit from fighting with the Centre and achieve something from good relations with it but it takes two hands to clap.

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