Srinagar, Dec 8 – National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday reiterated the party’s resolve to fight for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir democratic rights.
Addressing a party workers convention in south Kashmir’s Tral area in Pulwama district, Omar said that he was fighting for the people of J&K and was not aiming for any chair.
The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister vows to continue to fight for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s dignity.
“I have been the chief minister of J&K for six years. It is not something which I aspire to become. I am fighting for a larger cause, it’s the restoration of our dignity, protection of our unique & historical identity and our abridged democratic rights” he said.
The NC Vice President said “violence has never been our forte, we will continue to fight democratically, constitutionally, legally, and peacefully. We won’t go back on our promises, we will continue with our struggle”.
Omar said “everyone is training guns on NC, be it a leader who had pinned his hopes on us for becoming Chief Minister Or the ones who were either once part of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) or are still part of the formation. The groundswell of support for us seems to cause a lot of heartburn for these people.”
He said that NC’s series of successful conventions has irked its political opponents whose political allies fail to get traction.
Questioning the development claims of the BJP on the revocation of Article 370 , the former CM said, “Where is the promised development, job extravaganza and progress. Where is the investment? I didn’t see any new hospital, college, industry coming up in Kashmir? What happened to those promises? When will they materialise?”
He said far from delivering on their claims, the ruling BJP government has plunged people of J&K into an abyss of hopelessness.
“Our Gujjar brothers are being denied rights over forests. Shortage of basic utility services and administrative deficit is taking a toll on us. People have no idea about where to go to redress their woes,” the NC Vice President alleged.
