Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday (September 21, 2025) said peace is a basic prerequisite for development, and the tourism and sports sectors to flourish in Jammu and Kashmir.
"For development, tourism or sports... we need peace for everything. If we talk about having day and night matches, and if the situation is not good, then who will come to play in the evening?" Mr. Abdullah told reporters in Srinagar.
He launched the jersey of the Real Kashmir Football Club here.
"Peace is the foundation for everything. The message of today's programme, the jersey, is also peace," he added.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had on Saturday (September 20, 2025) said peace was the prerequisite for development in Jammu and Kashmir. Mr. Sinha also asserted that some remnants of terrorism remain in the Union Territory.
