Srinagar, Feb. 16 -- Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah has promised that the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir will be restored in due course of time. However, he declined to give a timeline for the restoration.

The Union minister, while addressing a press conference in Srinagar on budget, in reply to question on restoration of J&K's statehood said that the Prime Minister and the home minister made clear indications in the past that in due course of time, statehood will be restored to Jammu and Kashmir. "This time, I can only say that Jammu and Kashmir is a Union Territory currently and the lieutenant governor is the administrative head of the UT besides we have ...