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| Farooq Abdullah announces to contest LS, Assembly polls | | | Under fire for boycotting the recently concluded civic polls in Jammu & Kashmir on the issue of article 35A, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said his party will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha and the Assembly elections in the State and win them.
Abdullah appealed to Pakistan to stop aiding and abetting terrorism and hold talks with India to resolve the bilateral issues.
"It (Article 35A) is sub-judice. In Parliament and Assembly elections, we will (take part) and will win also," Abdullah told reporters here.
The NC had boycotted the recently concluded panchayat and municipal polls in the State.
The party had announced in September last that it would not contest the municipal and panchayat polls and even the 2019 elections "until and unless the Government of India and the State Government made clear their position on Article 35A and took effective steps to protect Article 35A in and outside the court". Article 35A, which gives special rights to people in Jammu & Kashmir and bars outsiders from owning immovable property, has been challenged in the Supreme Court |
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