National Conference leadership distanced itself from Mohammad Akbar Lone who had raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans after Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs shouted anti-Pakistan slogans in the J-K Assembly.
NC President Farooq Abdullah condemned Lone’s action, while former J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah didn’t give much importance to the “misplaced slogans”. Omar took to Twitter saying, “We need to focus on the unfortunate developments in #SunjwanArmyCamp & not get distracted by misplaced slogans”.
National Conference Spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu condemned Mohammad Akbar Lone’s statement and termed them as “unacceptable”. Mattu took to Twitter saying “the entire party is of the unequivocal stand that NC MLA from Sonawari Akbar Lone spoke out of turn”.
Just spoke to @JKNC_ President Dr. Farooq Abdullah Sahib. Dr. Sahib and the entire party is of the unequivocal stand that NC MLA from Sonawari Mr. Akbar Lone has spoken out of turn and his slogans in the Legislative Assembly are completely unacceptable to the party. 1/2
— Junaid Azim Mattu (@Junaid_Mattu) February 10, 2018
Hon’ble @JKNC_ President has said the NC MLA should not forget that he belongs to a party that rejected the two nation theory and he should also remember the oath he swears in the name of God at the beginning of his terms. The party disowns and condemns his remarks. 2/2.
— Junaid Azim Mattu (@Junaid_Mattu) February 10, 2018
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta on Saturday raised annother storm after he said that Rohingya Muslim camps near the Sujuwan Military Station pose a threat to the security forces. He also alleged that there is a drug mafia operating from Rohingya camps in Jammu.