Archive · 17 Aug 2026
Abdullah Dismisses BJP Protest, Says Central Interference Led to Resignation
A leader named Omar Abdullah is the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, a region in India.
Some people from a political party called the BJP held a protest in a city called Jammu.
Abdullah said the protest was fine because people can disagree.
He thinks the central government should not control things like schools and hospitals.
He says those should be decided by each state.
He talked about a big medical exam called NEET.
Because the central government runs NEET, a minister named Dharmendra Pradhan had to resign after a problem.
Abdullah said if states ran the exam, the state minister would be responsible instead.
He also said many governments over the years made states weaker, not just the current one.
He wants states to have more power.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah dismissed the BJP's protest in Jammu against the National Conference-led government.
Abdullah criticised the Centre for interfering in state subjects such as education and health.
He said education and health are state list matters and should not be increasingly centralised.
He cited NEET centralisation, arguing Dharmendra Pradhan would not have resigned if exams were state-level.
He said successive central governments, including the Congress-led UPA, contributed to weakening states, not just the BJP.
- Who
- Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, responding to a BJP protest.
- What
- Abdullah dismissed the BJP protest and criticised the Centre's interference in state subjects, linking NEET centralisation to Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation.
- When
- Monday, the day of the protest and Abdullah's remarks.
- Where
- Srinagar, with the BJP protest held in Jammu.
- Why
- Abdullah argues education and health are state subjects and that centralisation shifts accountability away from states.
- Chief Minister
- Omar Abdullah
- Location
- Srinagar; protest in Jammu
- Protest
- BJP demonstration against National Conference-led government
- Key issue
- Centralisation of state subjects (education, health)
- Example cited
- NEET examination centralisation
- Resignation
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Blame
- Successive central governments, including Congress-led UPA