"I want to assure the people that we are for you, we will continue to represent you and work to bring Jammu and Kashmir to the level envisioned by the people who fought for freedom and were martyred," Abdullah said in his Independence speech at Bakshi Stadium here

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the people’s “wounds” have not healed seven years after the abrogation of Article 370, adding that the Centre has yet to fulfil its promise of restoring statehood to the Union Territory