Srinagar, June 25 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he is ready to dissolve assembly if statehood is restored in Jammu and Kashmir.

Omar who was in Gulmarg on Tuesday while responding to a recent report that if statehood is restored then J&K has to hold fresh assembly polls. "As soon as the statehood is restored in J&K is a very good thing. I read in one newspaper that for restoration of statehood, the dissolution of assembly is mandatory. They should do it."

Omar said that he isn't concerned about his chair and statehood is the right of people of J&K. "I know who has planted this story with an aim to scare the assembly members who won't press for restoration of the statehood for next five years. This statehood isn't for a...