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| Confusion persists as Farooq says “I haven’t resigned” but NC says he has stepped down ? | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 19: Confusion continues in the National Conference because incumbent party president Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday claimed that he has not resigned as president of the party.
“Who said I have resigned? I haven’t resigned as president of the party”, Dr. Farooq Abdullah reacted when media persons asked about his decision to step down.
“I don’t know who is spreading such rumours”, he said but hastened to add that election for the president of the National Conference will be held on December 5.
Earlier on Friday within hours after Dr. Abdullah announced that he is still NC and hasn’t resigned, the party from its official Twitter handle announced that Farooq Abdullah has announced stepping down.
“Dr. Farooq Abdullah Sahib has informed his colleagues of his decision to step down as president of JKNC. In spite of the best efforts of senior colleagues in the party, Dr. Sahib was adamant that he wouldn’t review his decision”, the NC tweeted from its official Twitter handle.
“In light of this sudden announcement which has caught everyone by surprise the General Secretary as per the party constitution, has been tasked with conducting the election for party president which will be completed on Dec 5. Until then Dr. Sahib continues as President of JKNC”, the party stated.
Meanwhile, Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said he will be contesting the next assembly elections.
“I am not escaping the responsibility and will continue to work to strengthen the party. I am going to fight the next Assembly elections whenever held in J&K),” Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function organised to welcome new entrants into the party.
Several prominent political activists, including Gurjeet Sharma from Nagrota, joined the National Conference in presence of Abdullah and Jammu provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta. Asked about the next party president, he said the National Conference is a democratic party and the party elections will take place on December 5 to elect a new leader. ”People will file their nominations and the party delegates will decide who will be the next party president. I am going to contest the Assembly elections,” he said.
He said the NC is ready for the assembly elections and will emerge as a victor to pull out J&K from its troubles. “Let them announce the dates, we will show them where they stand,” he said, apparently referring to the BJP which has claimed it will win 50-plus seats in the next assembly elections. |
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