Asian Mail
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah alleged on Friday that the BJP-ruled Centre is attempting to silence him by fielding independent candidates against him in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections.
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“I always knew that Delhi would want to silence me in some way, but I never thought they would go to this extent,” Abdullah said, addressing an election rally in Ganderbal, video shared on social media platforms.
He claimed that Delhi is conspiring against him due to his vocal stance on issues affecting the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “When I speak, I speak for the people, I raise their issues, I talk about our dignity which has been snatched from us,” he said.
Abdullah cited the example of Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who contested against him in the Baramulla Lok Sabha elections while in jail, and Sarjan Ahmad Wagay alias Barkati, another jail inmate who is contesting against him in Ganderbal. “I did not see it as something worrisome, but when I decided to contest from Ganderbal, reports started pouring in that another citizen, who is in jail, is going to contest against me. I was forced to think, why are these people put after me only? Is there a conspiracy?” he asked.
Abdullah expressed confidence in the people of Ganderbal, saying, “This time I have full faith in the people of Ganderbal that they will vote wisely… The BJP does not like this – which is why conspiracy after conspiracy is being hatched against me. But this conspiracy has succeeded once only.”
