The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has stated that full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir will be restored only at an appropriate time after normalcy is restored.
In a written response to Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi in Rajya Sabha, MoS Home Nityanand Rai said statehood to Jammu and Kashmir would be granted at an appropriate time after normalcy is restored.
The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of its statehood on August 5, 2019 after the removal of Articles 370 and 35A. The state was bifurcated into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh
