Jammu/Srinagar, Aug. 6 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to safeguarding the rights and identity of Jammu and Kashmir people, saying their "wounds have not healed yet" while the promise of statehood restoration remains unfulfilled.

"Wounds are same. They have not healed yet. We hoped that the balm would be applied and at least the promise of statehood will be fulfilled but it remains unfulfilled even after seven years," said the chief minister who was in Poonch's Surankote to meet with the families affected by the recent monsoon fury.

On August 5, 2019, the Union government tabled a bill to bifurcate the state into two Union territories and also read down Articles 370 and 35(A) that gave the erstwhil...