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| As Omar, Mehbooba announce not to contest elections, Farooq will be CM face of PAGD ! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: The announcement of veteran politician Dr. Farooq Abdullah to contest the next assembly elections in J&K is a clear indication that he will be the Chief Ministerial face of the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD). Two former chief ministers namely Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have already announced that they will not contest the assembly polls till Union Government restore the pre-August 5, 2019 situation in the J&K. The restoration of the pre-August 5, 2019 position is certainly impossible at this point of time, so neither Omar Abdullah nor Mehbooba Mufti will join the electoral battle in the coming assembly elections. “I am not escaping the responsibility to handle my party National Conference. I will continue to work to strengthen the party”, Dr. Abdullah told media persons at Jammu todayon the sidelines of the function to welcome new entrants into the party.
“I am here to fight elections. Whenever the next assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir, I will fight”, Farooq Abdullah asserted.
On November 6 Mehbooba Mufti said that participating in the next assembly election was not her priority.
“Those at the helm of the affairs are hell-bent to stifle dissent voice. An atmosphere of fear, hatred, and uncertainty has been created in Jammu and Kashmir. In such an atmosphere participating in the election is an important question for me”, she said.
“Attaining power is not my priority. We are fighting to save our very existence because those at the helm of the affairs are trying to destroy our existence”, she said.
Earlier in December 2021, Mehbooba Mufti had announced that she will not contest elections till Article 370 is restored in Jammu and Kashmir. She added that statehood was not their demand.
Mufti alleged that the present Government was running the country with a colonial mindset.
Earlier on November 3, Dr. Farooq Abdullah had announced that Omar Abdullah would not contest assembly elections till J&K’s statehood is restored. Farooq said Omar has already clarified that he will not contest elections till the statehood of J&K is restored.
In 2020 after his release from prolonged detention, Omar Abdullah had said he will not contest assembly elections till J&K remains a Union Territory. Omar argued that he had been a leader of the state, and it was the most empowered assembly in the country and that he cannot and will not be a member of what is now one of the most disempowered assemblies in the country. |
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