Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 27: Former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference vice president, Omar Abdullah today said that the upcoming general elections provides us an opportunity to show our rejection for Govt of India’s August 5, 2019 actions.
While addressing a district working committee meeting of Budgam at the party’s district headquarters, Srinagar today Omar said the reason why BJP and its subsidiary parties here have united against NC is because JKNC has not accepted the actions of August 5, 2019.
“These strange bedfellows were forced to club together despite their differences. There is nothing in common between them. They don’t look into each other’s eyes. Yet they were forced to club against us,” Omar said.
“This is not the first time, New Delhi is pitching parties against us. We have outlived such situations successfully in the past as well. 1977 elections witnessed how New Delhi propped up a massive alliance of politicians, religious leaders, and other organizations against us. But people outrightly rejected them. Today also people are with us, and as long as we have people’s support no power on earth can harm us,” former CM asserted.
“The party will come up with a road map to address mounting public woes in the upcoming Assembly elections when they are held in August and September later this year. We will come up with a manifesto to ease administrative discomfort, address soaring unemployment, skyrocketing electricity bills during the run upto Assembly elections. This time it’s about making our stance clear to powers in Delhi and the world that we didn’t approve of the decisions of August 2019,” Omar added.
The gathering was also addressed by party leaders who emphasised on the need to make outreach programmes robust and successful.
Among others Party general secretary Ali Mohd Sagar, Provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani, senior leaders Abdul Rahim Rather, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Mudassar Shahmiri, Ali Mohd Dar, Dr Mohd Shafi, Saif Ud Din Bhat, JS Azad, GN Bhat were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, Omar presided over a meeting of district working committee Srinagar. It was convened by District president Srinagar Peer Afaq Ahmad. Several senior leaders including Tanvir Sadiq, Mushtaq Guroo, Mubarak Gul, Shameema Firdous, Irfan Shah, Ahsan Pardesi, Salman Ali Sagar, Sabiya Qadri were present on the occasion.
Omar asked the party functionaries to prepare diligently for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party leaders discussed an array of issues and offered their valuable insights and suggestions to further strengthen the party’s position on ground.
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