{"id":45434,"date":"2026-08-05T23:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/omar-abdullah-article-370-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep-omar-gets-poetic-says-wounds-of-art-370-abrogation-yet-to-heal-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:25:37","slug":"omar-abdullah-article-370-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep-omar-gets-poetic-says-wounds-of-art-370-abrogation-yet-to-heal-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/omar-abdullah-article-370-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep-omar-gets-poetic-says-wounds-of-art-370-abrogation-yet-to-heal-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar Abdullah Article 370: \u2018Miles to go before I sleep…\u2019: Omar gets poetic, says \u2018wounds of Art 370 abrogation yet to heal\u2019 | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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All major political parties in Kashmir held protests and demonstrations, carrying banners and raising slogans describing Aug 5, 2019, as a \u2018black day\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

SRINAGAR\/JAMMU: Striking a poetic note on the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories, chief minister Omar Abdullah invoked celebrated American poet Robert Lee Frost as he said the wounds caused by the move had still not healed, and vowed that \u201cthe injustices done to us will be corrected\u201d.\u201c7 years, we haven\u2019t forgotten & we haven\u2019t reconciled far less accepted our current circumstances. My party & I remain committed to reversing all that was done to J&K that took away our rights & threatens our identity. \u2018The woods are lovely, dark & deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep\u2019…\u201d Omar said in a post on X, quoting from the poem \u2018Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening\u2019 by Frost, before he left for an inspection of flood-hit areas in Jammu\u2019s Poonch district.Speaking to reporters in Poonch, the CM said, \u201cThe wounds of the abrogation are still there. We had hoped that at least some balm would be applied to those wounds and the promise of restoring statehood would be fulfilled…Seven years have passed, but the promise remains unfulfilled.\u201dBarring BJP, which celebrated the abrogation of Article 370, all major political parties in Kashmir held protests and demonstrations, carrying banners and raising slogans describing Aug 5, 2019, as a \u2018black day\u2019. However, security forces foiled attempts by various parties to take out marches in Srinagar.Senior functionaries of governing NC and Congress remained absent from the protests held by their parties, which focused on seeking restoration of statehood. The PDP march was led by Iltija Mufti, who accused cops of manhandling her during Tuesday\u2019s attempted protest.<\/p>\n

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