EVEN as an elected government is reinstated in Jammu and Kashmir after almost seven long years, autonomy for the state is being identified as one of the key issues before the Farooq Abdullah government. Senior United Front leaders, including the Prime Minister, have promised that maximum autonomy for the state would be considered once the state assembly is constituted. And with the National Conference’s main election plank being that it would achieve autonomy once it came to power, the onus will be on Farooq as well as the Central Government to fulfil this pre-election promise.