Remove him and give J&K an Azad Kashmir like governance system with its own parliament and everything and Indian military can go patrol the LoC to make sure Pakistan does not come in.
That will be a win-win and perhaps will also see participation from separatists in the elections for the new Azad government.
Its not about removing him. He has been there only for a littel more than a year. Being CM of Jammu-Kashmir is probably one of the most difficult jobs in south asia if not the world.
You have the entrenched security establishment and the ever present militants. Just last year in December Fazl Haq Qureshi, Mirwaiz Umar's rep was involved in quiet dialouge with Delhi was shot in the head. Its not like the militants have gone away you know.
Then you have the sepratists who take on everysingle issue to give it an anti-India bent. From the HR violations to provision of govt. jobs to bollywood movies and music or even attempts like Free all India tours to young schoolchildren. And its no secret that they havevastamountfunding coming through foreignchannels.
On the other side you have a very vituperative opposition in the form of PDP whichdoes not leaveany stone untuned to pull of the pants of the Omar Abdulla govt.
Then you have the regional aspirations of Jammu and Ladakh which includes about 50% of the states population including many muslim majority districts which are mainly pro-Indian but complain that they don't get as much as developmental aid just because they are pro-Indian while the valley gets much more.
There is already a functioning assembly in J&K much before Pakistani Kashmir side and there has been no bifurcation or trifurcation of the J&K state like Gilgit Baltistan in Pakistan.
An in 2008, sepratists did take part in elections, mostly as independants. Some won, some lost. That is why there was a 68% vote turnout. Sajjad Lone even fought in the National elections for MP seat.
But demilitariastion and justice is a must. HR violations, particularly those that are clearcut like the Pathribal case or the recent Machil fake encouter case should be punished.
The main reason for the anger is the HR violations and thathas to be addressed before anything else IMO.