Omar slams J&K Govt for current turmoil in state

SRINAGAR: Opposition National Conference today said “the overwhelming sense of despondency” in Jammu and Kashmir must be replaced with hope and sustained peace to take the State out of the current political vacuum and morass.

Addressing party workers in the Beerwah area of Budgam district, NC working president Omar Abdullah said the continued alienation of the youth and the spurt in locals resorting to armed militancy was a grim reminder of “how rank political opportunism and U-turns by the ruling dispensation” had pushed the state back into the throes of turmoil and chaos.

“Since the past three years, the situation in the State, and especially in Kashmir, has deteriorated in every aspect as the youth are still reeling under the psychological ramifications of the PDP’s brazen sell-out to the BJP,” he said. (AGENCIES)