Srinagar, April 16 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he was hopeful that statehood will be restored to Jammu and Kashmir very soon and the "appropriate time has come".

He was speaking to reporters after inaugurating a bridge in Pulwama district.

"We think the appropriate time has come, six months have passed since the assembly elections. (Union Home Minister Amit) Shah came here, I had a separate meeting with him, a good one . I am still hopeful that JK will soon get its statehood back," Abdullah said.

On the opposition's charge that the ruling party scuttled the discussion on Waqf Amendment Act, he said the adjournment motion could not have been admitted as the bill was passed by Parliament.

"The Speaker made everything...