Srinagar, July 23 -- Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday accused chief minister Omar Abdullah of trying to 'normalise' changes which happened in Jammu and Kashmir after 2019 by restricting to statehood demand only and not talking about restoration of Article 370.

Mufti asked Abdullah to refrain from giving people of J&K a sense of defeat by allegedly saying that Article 370 restoration can't be achieved.

"NC has always tried to 'normalise' the situation in J&K. When in 1975 there was an accord (with Centre) by late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah (NC founder), he compromised on posts of 'Prime Minister' and 'Sadr e Riyasat' and became a chief minister and 'normalised' all the erosion which had happened till that time...