Jammu, Sept. 25 -- As violent protests erupted in Leh on Wednesday that left four dead and several others injured, the J&K leaders attributed the incident to pent-up anger and feeling of betrayal in the people, even as the BJP maintained that dialogue is the only way out.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah took to social media and wrote: "Ladakh wasn't even promised statehood, they celebrated UT status in 2019 & they feel betrayed & angry. Now try to imagine how betrayed & disappointed we in J&K feel when the promise of statehood to J&K remains unfulfilled even though we have gone about demanding it democratically, peacefully & responsibly."

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti also took to X and wrote: "It's time the Government of ...