NC’s fight in Anantnag is not against BJP since Mehbooba’s party no longer a friend: Omar
Omar was ostensibly referring to Mehbooba Mufti who has filed her nomination for the seat as PDP candidate against NC’s Gujjar spiritual leader Mian Altaf.
Omar was ostensibly referring to Mehbooba Mufti who has filed her nomination for the seat as PDP candidate against NC’s Gujjar spiritual leader Mian Altaf.
Mehbooba was taking part in a roadshow in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam area during her election campaign.
She said the PDP became the “biggest target” after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 and its leaders were either “lured or blackmailed” to break away from it
The NC had unilaterally announced that it would field its candidates on all the three seats and fielded Mian Altaf from Anantnag. The NC had left two seats in Jammu for the Congress as part of the INDIA bloc's seat-sharing agreement.
Mehbooba was responding to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement wherein he said that the dynastic parties that did not let J&K develop should be wiped out in the Lok Sabha elections.
The Jammu and Kashmir state Election Commission on Sunday announced that the Block Development Council (BDC) elections will be held on October 24.
The Supreme Court, in its hearing on Thursday, also directed that ailing J-K CPI(M) leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami be shifted from Srinagar to AIIMS in Delhi for better treatment.
Normal life remains disrupted across the Kashmir Valley for the 26th consecutive day, with markets closed, no internet service, and public transport off the roads.
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti were put under house arrest following the Centre's move to abrogate special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.
The comments came after Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that talks would be held with Pakistan only on Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).