Mehbooba let RSS enter JK and take out processions with arms: Omar

#NC’s LS candidates will protect JK’s special status

26/03/2019
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BARAMULLA, Mar 25: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said it was PDP-BJP government led by Mehbooba Mufti that "let RSS enter the state of Jammu and Kashmir and allowed it to take out processions in cities brandishing guns and swords.”
“Who brought RSS in this state? Who gave permission to the RSS people to take out processions in the cities brandishing guns and swords," asked Abdullah. "You arrest youngsters over a simple Facebook post. Here it is not known how many people overnight land into custody. Today Mehbooba says the government is strict," he said, while addressing a gathering.
He said that Mehbooba Mufti has no real sympathy with Kashmiris and "she sheds crocodile tears for the sake of votes.”
"She started to shed tears when the BJP withdraw its support and she was no longer the chief minister. Her tears have value now and the value is your vote," said Abdullah.
The Congress and the National Conference (NC) have forged a pre-poll alliance for the ensuing LokSabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress is set to contest from Jammu and Udhampur seats, while NC chief Farooq Abdullah will contest from Srinagar.
Both the parties will field their respective candidates in Anantnag and Baramulla constituencies in a contest that would be 'friendly'. Jammu and Kashmir has six parliamentary constituencies. The state will vote for the LokSabha elections in five phases April 11, 18, 23, 29 and May 6. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.
National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah Monday asserted that the principal task ahead of the people of Jammu and Kashmir is to protect the state's special status. He stressed that his party has fielded suitable candidates on all the LokSabha seats in the valley who will ensure that the voice of people is heard in Parliament.
"Keeping in view the herculean task of putting up a strong front in protecting state's special constitutional status, the party has fielded most suitable candidates from the three parliamentary constituencies of Kashmir," Abdullah said. He was addressing rallies in Beerwah and Kunzar areas of Budgam and Baramulla districts of the state.
The NC candidate for Anantnag seat is a legal luminary Justice (retired) Hassnain Masudi whose pronounced judgments and articles reveal his legal acumen and dedication while Mohammad Akbar Lone, a former advocate, is candidate from BaramullaLokSabha seat, he said.
"For Srinagar, we could not think of anybody other than Farooq Abdullah. A four time chief minister, he has been representing state in RajyaSabha and LokSabha many a times in the past as well," he said.
"To have a person of his national standing representing state in LokSabha will benefit the interests of state," he added. The former chief minister lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for berating and belittling the mandate of people given to them in 2014 LokSabha and assembly polls.
"Nowadays we hear PDP president Mehbooba Mufti saying that she will never join hands with BJP. How should we believe her?," he said.
"Previously she sought mandate of people at the pretext of keeping BJP out, but what followed was an apt case of political opportunism," he added.

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