Jammu, April 2 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday asserted that the 1979 agreement between the Governments of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab was a sovereign commitment that must be honoured in letter and spirit.
The Chief Minister made these remarks on the floor of the House while replying to a supplementary question raised by MLA Basohli Darshan Kumar regarding compensation, employment for locals, and J&K's 20 per cent share of electricity from the Ranjit Sagar Dam project.
"I will take up the matter with the Government of Punjab and with my counterpart there. We will strive to ensure that the agreement signed in 1979 is implemented in letter and spirit," the Chief Minister said during the Question Hour of the on...