India, Sept. 24 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reacted to the violent protests in Leh over Ladakh statehood demand and draw parallels to calld for statehood in J&K.

Reacting to a report of violence in Leh, Omar Abdullah said Ladakh wasn't even promised statehood during its bifurcation in 2019 and that the people celebrated the move to make it a Union Territory.

"Ladakh wasn't even promised Statehood, they celebrated UT status in 2019 & they feel betrayed & angry. Now try to imagine how betrayed & disappointed we in J&K feel when the promise of statehood to J&K remains unfulfilled even though we have gone about demanding it democratically, peacefully & responsibly," the chief minister said in a post on X....