National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said his party has mounted a legal challenge to the Centre\u2019s decision to abrogate Article 370 and he believed that the special status to Jammu and Kashmir will be restored.<\/p>\n
Referring to the criticism of his party by other mainstream political parties in the Valley, Abdullah said the NC is not keeping people in the dark over the issue of Article 370.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow are we keeping the people in the dark? We are only saying that we will peacefully fight for its restoration. We will fight for it under the ambit of the Constitution, and legally as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The former J and K chief minister said such people wanted the party to vitiate the atmosphere \u201cso that they get an excuse to target us more\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said NC has mounted a legal challenge to the Centre\u2019s decision of August 5, 2019, when it ended the special status of J and K under Article 370 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, we will not lose our calm, we will fight it the right way and God willing, and this is what my heart says, we will succeed in this fight,\u201d Abdullah said, receiving thunderous applause from the party delegates.<\/p>\n
He was addressing the party\u2019s delegate session where his father, Farooq Abdullah, was re-elected unopposed as the NC president.<\/p>\n
Telling his partymen that there was no need to worry, the NC vice president said, \u201cWe will not kneel or beg but seek the rights of the people of J&K\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will not beg them for security or a bungalow, nor a vehicle or something else. We are only seeking the dignity of J-K, its prosperity, and its identity. God willing, the day is not far when we will succeed in this fight as well and then present ourselves before the people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Abdullah said the NC as a political party has fought many political battles but \u201cI am seeing this kind of a battle for the first time\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said it was one thing if the party\u2019s fight was against the BJP or its \u2018B\u201d or \u201cC\u201d teams only, but \u201cthe administration is also fighting us\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are after us. They give trouble to our colleagues. There was a time when the decision to provide security was taken on the threat perception because of militancy. Today, the decision is taken on the threat perception for the BJP rather than that of the militants.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe security is provided on seeing which party is a threat to the BJP. More the threat to the BJP, the lesser the security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Abdullah said many of his senior leaders have been attacked a number of times but have lesser security now.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut those who are close to the administration and to the BJP have far more security and vehicles because the BJP has no threat from them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However, he added, \u201cWe are not the ones to be afraid\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who have God and the people with them, those who have firm intentions, good intentions, and those who do not keep the people in dark, they do not need to fear anything. God willing, we will take this state out of this tribulation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Abdullah said if anyone wants to see the power of the NC, \u201cthen they should see this programme\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cA \u2018sarkari jalsa\u2019 is easy where vehicles, microphones, stage, food are provided by the government. Those raising slogans are also sarkari \u2013 some of them village-level workers or something else. The government issues orders to its employees to attend the rally,\u201d he said, apparently referring to Union Home Minister Amit Shah\u2019s rally in Baramulla in October.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, no one here is a government employee, no government vehicle has been provided, no money has been given,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Referring to the recent public meeting of the Apni Party led by Altaf Bukhari, the former J&K chief minister said an event like this can be \u201carranged by spending money\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have seen such rallies where crores of rupees were spent, but the gates were locked before the speech so that the people do not go away,\u201d he said, without taking any names.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday\u2019s meeting is proof of the love you have for the party. God is witness that the party has not provided a single penny for any vehicle. If the people came here, they came because of their love. Fortunate is the party which has dedicated workers like you who left everything else and reached here on their own expenses to make this (programme) a success.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod should help us to come up to your expectations and take out J-K from this morass and make it a prosperous J&K \u2014 the dream of which we all see,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Quipping over his father\u2019s energy levels, Abdullah said \u201che (Farooq) is elder to me, he is my father. But, sometimes, I think I am older than him\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe (Farooq) exerts more than me and I can tell you that today\u2019s programme has lent glucose (energy) of three years to him,\u201d the NC vice president said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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