Ruling National Conference (NC) President Dr Farooq Abdullah has stressed that the Omar Abdullah led government will strive to strengthen bonds of friendship between different regions and communities in Jammu and Kashmir.
A national conference on the theme “The Role of Indian Philosophies in Establishing World Peace” was organized jointly by the Departments of Philosophy and Sanskrit at Patanjali University.
In a significant political development, National Conference (NC) MP from Srinagar, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to honor the people’s mandate by addressing key issues.
National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah will meet Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha in Srinagar and stake claim to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir.
All four seats of J&K are lying vacant in the Rajya Sabha since February 2021 as elections for the assembly were held recently after a gap of 10 years.
Population has to be the only norm as has been the practice here in the past in J&K and elsewhere in the country, the NC demanded.
A police spokesman said that the situation was defused by holding a meeting with residents of Bathindi.
'Let me make it clear that we are not anyone’s puppets, neither New Delhi’s nor of anyone across the border,' he said.
Among those present in the meeting included National Conference General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, provincial president Kashmir Nasir Aslam Wani, former minister Abdul Rahim Rather, senior leader Mohd Shafi Uri and National Conference MPs Hasnain Masoodi and Akbar Lone.
In a statement on Tuesday, the NC said 5th of August is the "darkest patch in the history of J&K marking the forcible, illegal and unconstitutional infringement on the rights of its people saying the party will fight the battle for the restoration of people’s rights peacefully and legally".
