Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar mocked the Centre over it claim to merge the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) with Jammu and Kashmir, saying while they can't handle one part but talking about taking another part which is not under their control.
National Conference Vice-President Omar Abdullah termed the decision of the Election Commission of India to defer the polls for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency as a conspiracy.
Amid the Centre's claims that statehood will soon be restored to Jammu and Kashmir, former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah should set a 'timeline' for the same.
Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad took a dig at former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti and said that he has never been part of any BJP government while both of them had been allies of the BJP.
Abdullah's statement comes after BJP leader Mushtaq Bukhari notably urged members of the Pahari community to vote for Mehbooba Mufti in the ongoing Lok Sabha election.
People's Conference President Sajad Lone slammed the National Conference leader, Omar Abdullah, and urged the people of Kashmir to stop him from humiliating the region by defeating him from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat.
Responding to the BJP's claim that it was on course to win the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat, which it currently holds, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah claimed on Saturday that the ruling party at the Centre was in danger of losing the constituency.
National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that Ghulam Nabi Azad not contesting the Lok Sabha Elections was not "shocking" to him adding that he was already aware of it.
Scoffing at the BJP's 'Sankalp Patra', its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah, on Sunday said it is aimed at the 'destruction' of the erstwhile state.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has been declared as the National Conference's candidate for the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in North Kashmir, party President Farooq Abdullah said on Friday.