According to the administration’s order J&K UT, people in the Himalayan region will have 27 holidays as compared to 28 holidays in the previous calendar year for the entire state.

The newly created union territory of J&K will not celebrate the birth anniversary of region’s most prominent politician, Sheikh Abdullah on December 5 as a public holiday, which was otherwise a norm in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The general administration department of J&K on Thursday, December 26, released the list of holidays for the newly carved out union territory without the mention of Sheikh’s birth anniversary in the upcoming calendar year 2020.

Earlier this month, the founder of National Conference (NC)Sheikh’s 114th birth anniversary was also kept out of bounds for the party members. They were barred from holding any congregational prayers at the tomb of Sheikh Abdullah, a first since his death in year 1982. Also, Maharaja Singh's Birthday was not declared a Holiday, which was a long pending demand of Jammu region.