India, May 21 -- Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday thanked Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu for swiftly responding to his appeal and arranging additional flights for 1,885 Hajj pilgrims who had earlier missed their journey due to flight disruptions caused by the Pahalgam attack and the conflict with Pakistan.

Posting on X and tagging both ministers, Abdullah wrote, "Grateful to the Minority Affairs and Civil Aviation Ministries for promptly acting on our request and scheduling additional flights for our 1885 Hajis who couldn't undertake the holy journey earlier due to flight disruptions."

Just a week ago, Abdullah had requested the central government to prov...