Srinagar, Aug. 15 -- Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference (JKPC) chief and Handwara MLA Sajad Lone on urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to move a formal resolution on statehood in the Legislative Assembly rather than pursuing a door-to-door signature campaign.

In a detailed post on X, Lone said his party supports any movement towards statehood but questioned the legal and constitutional value of a signature campaign. He said the Supreme Court should be approached as a constitutional entity, not through what he called "Tom, Dick and Harry" methods. "Signature campaigns have no legal or constitutional sanctity," he wrote.

Lone asked why the Chief Minister has shown reluctance to pass a resolution in the Assembly-an elected constitutiona...