Statehood Before Elections: Karan Singh's Call For Jammu And Kashmir

The statehood of Jammu and Kashmir should be restored before assembly elections are held there, Karan Singh, the erstwhile state's first Governor, said hours after the Supreme Court backed the Centre's decision to scrap its special status under Article 370.

The court's other direction -- to restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir and hold assembly elections -- are the developments that the people of Jammu and Kashmir should look forward to, Mr Singh told NDTV

In this context, he suggested that it would be better to restore statehood before holding elections since "there is no point voting for a Union Territory and then becoming a state".