Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the people of Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur on their 53rd Statehood Day on Tuesday. He remarked that the states are contributing to national progress.
"My heart says that very soon you (PM Modi) will fulfill your promise of restoring statehood. Today, on this occasion, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming here in this cold... You have a very old relationship with Jammu and Kashmir, we hope that you come here again and
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday reiterated the right to statehood for J-K and said that if the Bharatiya Janata Party is worried about the Jammu and Kashmir then they should talk about the statehood.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid tribute to late statehood activist Indramani Badoni by garlanding his portrait on the occasion of his birth anniversary at Uttarakhand Niwas, New Delhi on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended best wishes to the people of Nagaland on Statehood Day on Sunday and said that Naga culture is known for its "spirit of duty and compassion."
The Padyatra was held in honour of the pivotal hunger strike led by former Chief Minister and Bhartiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Party Supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) fifteen years ago that laid the foundation for Telangana's statehood.
Earlier this month, the Legislative Assembly passed a resolution demanding the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370. The resolution was opposed by the BJP, which holds 29 seats in the assembly.
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah has reaffirmed his commitment to restoring statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, expressing confidence that it will be achieved.
After the inaugural session of the newly elected assembly in Jammu and Kashmir began with an uproar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kavinder Gupta on Monday said that the attempts to restore Article 370 were merely part of a "political drama" and nothing else.
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday reiterated the right to statehood for Jammu and Kashmir and said that they don't want to accept the Union territory status, adding that it should be finished now.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that his administration has sought to fulfill aspirations of people and the achievements of the past five years is a report card of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to the people of the Union Territory.