Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday urged the BJP-led government at the Centre to avoid repeating the precedent set by the scrapping of Article 370 when implementing the one nation, one election proposal, calling for a thorough debate in Parliament.

Omar seized the opportunity to iterate that the revocation of Article 370 was carried out without adequate discussion or debate.

One nation, one election seeks to synchronise polls for the Lok Sabha, Assemblies and the local bodies. If it becomes a law, it will reduce the current tenure of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly bysix months.

The National Conference won the Assembly elections earlier this year and the issue on top of its manifesto was to seek the restoration of Article 370 and greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir.

“The issue (one nation, one election) has not come to Parliament. When it comes to Parliament, there will be a debate. There should be a proper debate. It should not meet the fate of the 2019 scrapping of Article 370 and the UT (turning the state of Jammu and Kashmir into a Union Territory),” he told reporters here.

“It (Article 370 abrogation bill) was passed after a token debate of one or two hours,” he said.

Omar added that his party would meet to form an opinion on the one-poll bills cleared by the central cabinet, after which the National Conference’s members in Parliament would be advised on how to vote when the bills are tabled.

NC Anantnag MP Mian Altaf criticised the Union cabinet for “hurriedly” clearing the bills.