Anantnag, June 11 -- Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President, Farooq Abdullah, has reiterated the demand for restoration of statehood, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had told Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that he would fulfil the promise.

Speaking to reporters in Anantnag on Wednesday, Farooq Abdullah said, "We not only want commercial activities but also the restoration of statehood in Kashmir, as promised. We are waiting for this commitment to be fulfilled. The Prime Minister himself had said to Omar that he would fulfil his promise."

With the abrogation of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were given the status of two separate Union Territories. Union Minister Amit Shah had promised for Jammu and Kashmir that...