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Will Jammu and Kashmir become a state again? Nirmala Sitharaman drops a hint
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Will Jammu and Kashmir become a state again? Nirmala Sitharaman drops a hint

| @indiablooms | 07 Nov 2022, 05:22 pm

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala SItharaman on Saturday dropped a hint that Jammu and Kashmir, which is currently a Union Territory, might soon be restored to its status of being a state.

Sitharaman made the remark while delivering a lecture on "Cooperative Federalism: The Path Towards Atma Nirbhar Bharat" organised here by Bharatiya Vichara Kendram in memory of Sangh idealogue P Parameshwaran.

"That Finance Commission said now you raise it to 42 per cent...which means that the Centre will have a lesser amount in its hand. Prime Minister Modi, without a second thought about it, fully accepted the Finance Commission and that is why today, states get 42 per cent of the amount--now reduced by 41 per cent because Jammu and Kashmir is no longer a state," the Minister was quoted as saying by ANI.

"It will soon become maybe sometime," Sitharaman said.

In 2019, the Centre revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Centre also abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution and the state was divided into two UTs.

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