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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

'How soon is soon?': P Chidambaram questions delay in restoring J-K statehood

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday termed the abrogation of Article 370 and the subsequent reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir seven years ago as a "Constitutional outrage," while questioning the government's timeline for restoring statehood.

Marking the seventh anniversary of the landmark decision that stripped the region of its special status and bifurcated it into two Union Territories, Chidambaram noted that the "story did not end there."

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