Srinagar, 03 June (H.S.): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wensday dismissed reports suggesting that an important meeting of ministers, legislators and Members of Parliament was shifted at the last moment from his Gupkar residence to Chashma Shahi.

In a post on X, the Chief Minister clarified that the venue had not been changed abruptly and that the decision to hold the meeting at an off-site location had been made well in advance.

“I’m sorry to disappoint you but it has NOT ‘been shifted at the last moment’. It was always my intention to conduct this meeting off-site and all arrangements have been made, days in advance, at the location originally chosen by me,” Omar Abdullah wrote on X.

The clarification came amid speculation over the movement of ministers, legislators and MPs from the Chief Minister’s Gupkar residence to the designated meeting venue near Chashma Shahi earlier in the day.

The Chief Minister’s statement has put to rest reports claiming that the venue was changed at the eleventh hour, asserting that the arrangements had been finalized several days before the meeting.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar