Omar questions CM’s absence from PM meet

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 12: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today took a swipe at Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for not taking part in the crucial meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to review the volatile situation in Kashmir.
However, a senior official in Jammu and Kashmir clarified that since it was a briefing by central ministers on the Kashmir situation, Mehbooba had no role in the high-level meeting.
On the micro blogging site twitter, Omar criticised Mehbooba, who is heading PDP-BJP Government in the State, for leaving the meeting unrepresented by the state.
“I understand if @Mehbooba Mufti didn’t leave the State to attend but why not by video conference? State unrepresented.
“We set up video links for all sorts of meaningless things but here where it matters to have @Mehbooba Mufti involved in the process – nothing,” the former Chief Minister tweeted.