National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaking his silence on attacks against Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack and expressed hope that such incidents would not recur.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi also directed that police officers would now be responsible to deal with cases of assaults on Kashmiris.
Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, two former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers, on Friday welcomed a Supreme Court direction on protection of Kashmiri students outside the state.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday condemned the withdrawal of security cover to mainstream politicians in the state in the wake of the suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF troopers.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and sought his intervention to ensure safety of Kashmiri students and traders in various parts of the country.
A blast took place inside a private school in Narbal village of Kakapora area of the south Kashmir district this afternoon.
PM Modi's biopic is being directed by Omung Kumar and produced by Sandeep Ssingh.
Omar Abdullah praised Rahul Gandhi for leading the Congress to victory in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: He said the BJP should not shy away from blaming Modi for the defeat.
No changes in the procedural rules governing the issue of PR certificates would ever be done without larger consultations with all stakeholders, Malik said.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said, "any misadventure could disturb the fragile and precarious peace" in the sensitive state of Jammu and Kashmir.
After Omar’s challenge, BJP leader said he wasn't questioning anyone's “patriotism”.
alking to media at a press conference in Jammu, Abdullah also slammed BJP leader Ram Madhav for suggesting that NC and PDP were acting on behest of 'foreign power'.
Talking to media at a press conference in Jammu, Abdullah also slammed BJP leader Ram Madhav for suggesting that NC and PDP were acting on behest of 'foreign power'.
“An election which won't see people's participation is considered to be an election by Centre, what can we say? We haven't asked people to not participate or boycott the elections, we have just said that our party won't take part in it,” Abdullah said.
Jammu and Kashmir's urban body elections are to be held in October after a gap of 13 years and the Panchayat elections are to be held after a gap of 7 years, in the month of November and December.
A batch of petitions is before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the provision which confers special status to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
"The Congress has to be the backbone as the lion's share of seats of the opposition in one particular party will have to be from it as there are a number of states where there will be direct contest between the Congress and the BJP," he said.
Speaking on their respective parties, Omar's National Conference (NC) and Mamata's Trinamool Congress (TMC), he said that there is no difference between the parties.
“There are a lot of things I will be critical of PM Modi for but attempting to repair India’s relations with Pakistan is certainly not one of them. I’m not even getting in to the internal politics of Pakistan that makes this tweet even more disappointing,” Omar Abdullah said
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