Tag: NC president

Farooq Abdullah steps down from the post of NC president

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.

November 18, 2022

Farooq Abdullah seeks serious political initiative to resolve Kashmir issue

Seeking a serious political initiative to resolve the Kashmir issue, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday told Home Minister Rajnath Singh that “unabated civilian killings” risked pushing Jammu and Kashmir to a “dangerous precipice of turmoil and instability”. Abdullah, who met Singh here and apprised him about the “grim situation” in the Valley, said...

April 6, 2018

Release separatists so that they can speak to Home Minister: Farooq Abdullah

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Friday that the NIA should release the separatist leaders so that they can tell Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh what they want during his forthcoming visit to the state. Speaking to the media here on the sidelines of a function to remember his father and...

September 8, 2017