I was deeply jaded & disappointed, but politicians can't mourn for long: Omar on Art 370 abrogation

Two years after the special status of Jammu And Kashmir was abrogated and he was detained for 234 days, NC leader Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that after initially being "deeply jaded" he

Two years after the special status of Jammu And Kashmir was abrogated and he was detained for 234 days, NC leader Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that after initially being "deeply jaded" he had realised that as a politician he didn't have the right to "mourn" for long and could not let down the people struggling for their basic constitutional rights. On the eve of the second anniversary of the nullification of Article 370 of the Constitution, the former chief minister of the erstwhile state which has been bifurcated into Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, said that what had been done on August 5 had come as a shock to most people who were affected by the "sudden, unexpected and unconstitutional blow". Mr. Abdullah, who spent seven months in detention which was challenged in the Supreme Court, recalled, "I was a deeply jaded and disappointed individual. I found it difficult to motivate myself even to indulge in basic political activities possible in the prevailing situation. But as the saying goes 'if you want the rainbow, you have got to put up with rain'. So here I am doing the best I can for the people." He said the workers and leaders of the National Conference (NC) had made immense sacrifices for the people of Jammu and Kashmir.