Srinagar: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (JK) and National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah has said that he does need other parties to support his speech where he called for restoration of Prime Minister and President for JK.
The statement comes after Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has asked Congress to reply over Omar Abdullah’s statement that the post of Prime Minister and President will be brought back to Kashmir.
During a rally in Telengana, Modi said that how come an ally of Congress dared to say something like this.
Dear friends in the Congress & other opposition parties. Please don’t hesitate to distance yourselves from my speech of today. In fact call Modi ji’s bluff by doing exactly that.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 1, 2019
My party has always stood for the restoration of the terms of accession which Maharaja Hari Singh negotiated for J&K in 1947 & we have done so unashamedly.
I’m humbled by the attention PM Modi pays to my speeches & very grateful to the social media cell of the BJP for highlighting my speech today, especially by WhatsApp’ing it to journalists. Your reach is far greater than mine.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) April 1, 2019
Earlier, during a rally in Bandipora district, Omar had said that the post of Sadar-e-Riyasat (President) and Wazir-e-Azam (Prime Minister) will be brought back.
He also promised that the ‘highly misused’ Public Safety Act will go within days if National Conference comes to power.
