Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday said that the ongoing demolition drive of illegal properties has caused chaos among the people.
"Today's vote is not a reflection of Representative Omar, but on the rank hypocrisy of Republican leadership, which has used its power to exact revenge on their political opponents and, in the case of Omar, punish a Member to satisfy the extreme MAGA (Make America Great Again) wing of the
National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah on Friday said that Jammu and Kashmir has not seen the days of no assembly elections even in the worst days of militancy.
"I don't have any say in this. This is an internal matter of Congress. We never questioned surgical strikes and we will never do this,' Omar Abdullah said while speaking to mediapersons in Banihal on Friday.
The Yatra will reach Jammu's Kathua at 6.45 pm on Thursday, party leaders said.
According to the INC's official Twitter handle, the flag transfer ceremony would be held in Kathua's Lakhanpur near Maharaja Gulab Singh's statue on Jan 19.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has said that Congress should see the recent track records of the leaders joining the Bharat Jodo Yatra as some "might use" it to "whitewash themselves".
A former Uyghur Muslim preacher, Omar Huseyin, who was arrested in 2017 for making a pilgrimage to Mecca, was confirmed dead in China's Xinjiang prison, reported Radio Free Asia (RFA).