SRINAGAR, July 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday asserted that the proposed protest plan of his party in Delhi on July 20 over the alleged delay in the restoration of statehood would not change, but said there can be changes in the venue or the mode of the protest He, however, refused to term the delay in getting permission for the protest as sabotage or diversion.

"I will not go into whether it is a sabotage, diversion or anything else. You and I both understand it. Our programme will not change, the venue or the mode may change, but the programme to go to Delhi will not change," Abdullah told reporters here.

The chief minister said his party would not hold the protest by hiding in some corner.

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