Omar Abdullah: I won’t run for Assembly until sovereignty is restored

Omar Abdullah, the leader of the National Conference, has said that he would not run in the assembly elections as long as Jammu and Kashmir is a part of the Union. “I’m not optimistic about anything. I have no desire to become Chief Minister. Furthermore, I have no desire to be the leader of a Union Territory.

“I have made it quite clear that I will not be running for assembly in the present state that J-K is in. Abdullah said, “I have maintained this since 2020 and my stance has not changed.

When questioned about why he decided to run from Baramulla instead of the family stronghold of Srinagar, Abdullah—who has been elected to the Lok Sabha three times—said that he did not usually choose the easy route. Why should I avoid getting into a fight? Yes, the political astute would advise me to fight from Srinagar, as, heaven forbid, my defeat would mean the party’s defeat. However, he said, “This is not the first time a member of the family has contested from a seat other than Srinagar.

According to Abdullah, he is fighting the “might of the central government and the BJP” in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency rather than a specific candidate.

North Kashmir is seeing the greatest assault by Delhi. North Kashmir is where the greatest attempt is being made to forge improbable partnerships.As you recall, last Friday, Altaf Bukhari, the head of the Apni Party, made some offensive remarks against Sajad Lone as he was leaving Hazratbal.

“Do eenton ki imarat” (a building of two bricks) was the moniker he had given him. Soon after saying such things, prominent BJP leader Tarun Chugh hurried to Srinagar, went directly to Altaf Bukhari’s house, and called Sajad Lone to mend this partnership.

Thus, I am not engaged in combat with a specific person. “In north Kashmir, I am fighting the BJP and the support it is providing to the local people,” he said.

about the assertions made by the BJP about the advancements achieved in Jammu and Kashmir after the repeal of Article 370, the former chief minister said that the region has fared better than some of the nation’s supposedly developed states by any standard of human development. “J&K has a higher standard of living than even Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat combined. When was the last time you heard of someone in J-K dying from starvation?” he said.

Abdullah enumerated the educational and medical facilities that the elected administrations of Jammu and Kashmir have initiated. “Saying that we took no action is OK. I’m giving you an example of the infrastructure we built. “What do they have to show me?” he asked.