Srinagar, July 30 -- Srinagar- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the National Conference's protest in Delhi over restoration of statehood was never expected to deliver immediate results.

"If results came out of one protest, then all the issues raised by the Cockroach Janta Party would have been resolved when they held their first protest there for a single day," Abdullah said while speaking with reporters in Ganderbal district.

The chief minister said his party held the demonstration in Delhi "knowing that we won't gain anything from the very first protest".

"But at least we are marking our stance. At least you people (mediapersons) keep asking us about statehood, but the rest of the country's media forget...