Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 30: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah today said that the party president Dr Farooq Abdullah would participate in the INDIA bloc’s “Loktantra Bachao Rally” at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday.
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He said that the party high command would decide on whether and where he would contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
“Whether I contest the polls or not, or from where I contest, this is not my personal choice. It will be a decision of the National Conference. Whether the party wants to give me the ticket or not, and from which seat, I leave it up to the party and I cannot say anything on that,” Omar told reporters in Srinagar.
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On the names of the candidates to be fielded by the NC and that are making rounds, the NC leader termed it a rumour mongering, which he said happens during the election time.
When asked as to when the party would announce the names of its candidates for the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir, he said they will announce at an appropriate time.
“Why are you (reporters) so desperate to know who our candidates would be? Which party has announced candidates for the three seats in Kashmir except for Sajad Lone. No other party has announced names of candidates for three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir. You are only after the NC as if everyone is waiting for us … . We will announce the names when we are in the mood to,” the former CM said.
He added that the names of the party candidates could be announced after election notification or even on the last day of filing of the nominations.
Earlier, an NC statement quoting Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that the BJP is in an extreme state of “panic” sensing “defeat” in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
He said this while addressing party functionalities at the party headquarters in Srinagar.
“The closer the Lok Sabha polls come, the frustration and hopelessness of the BJP and its subsidiaries in J&K is becoming visible,” the statement said.
“They know that their lies are not swaying people. Having done nothing, they are now eying gains from dividing people on ethnic, linguistic and regional lines,” Abdullah said in the statement.
“Ask yourselves what have you got since BJP came to power at the Centre. They denuded us of our identity, our unique character. They snatched our rights, our land resources. Ration quota was decreased and it’s also being withheld now. Beneficiaries of social welfare schemes are being made to beg of whatever little monetary help they used to get. Horticulture, Agriculture and handicrafts sectors are bleeding,” the former chief minister said in the statement.
“Our fight is with the divisive forces. We should utilise our power of vote to show such forces as are inimical to our identity in their right place. They will use men, money and machinery to coerce the voters. However, the need of the hour demands us to remain united and vigilant of their machinations. This time we are voting for our identity. Any mistake by us will have serious repercussions for the coming generations of ours,” Dr Abdullah said.
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