INDIA bloc will always grow: Farooq Abdullah
“As far as India is concerned, it is a united India,” he added.
“As far as India is concerned, it is a united India,” he added.
He said this while interacting with media persons at Srinagar railway station from where he traveled to Sangaldan in the train that was virtually flagged off by PM Narendra Modi from a function in Jammu.
Abdullah said that the train launch will help boost tourism and congratulated PM Modi and Railways.
He said the NC is in talks with the Congress for an arrangement in three of the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Abdullah, who was among the leading architects of the INDIA bloc, is the third regional party chief to walk out of the alliance.
Speculation is that 85-year-old Abdullah will assume the role of party patron and his son, Omar Abdullah, currently the party’s vice-president, is likely to succeed him as the new party chief.
National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Monday alleged that incidents of targeted killings by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir are not going to stop "until justice is served."
National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Friday said Ghulam Nabi Azad must have resigned from the Congress as he must not be getting respect and love from the party and added that the country needs a stronger opposition.
At an all-party meeting at Dr Farooq Abdullah’s residence in Srinagar, the Opposition parties agreed to formulate a joint strategy against the move of the Election Commission.
On Monday an all-party meeting was held at National Conference (NC) president Dr. Farooq Abdullah's residence in Srinagar over the "registration of new voters in Jammu and Kashmir. PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti was also present for the meeting.