Srinagar, July 11 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday accused the Centre of delaying on its promise to restore statehood to the union Territory and asserted that his government's patience should not be mistaken for weakness.
Addressing National Conference workers on the death anniversary of Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah, wife of party founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and revered by party workers as Madar-e-Meharban (Mother of Compassion), Omar said he had initially chosen the path of dialogue with the Centre in the hope that it would honour its commitment on statehood.
Paying tributes to his grandmother, Omar said the biggest lesson he learnt from her was patience despite the many political crises she witnessed, inc...