Srinagar, May 06: “Jammu and Kashmir National Conference is fighting a big battle and can only win if we keep our eyes and minds open,” the party president Dr Farooq Abdullah said on Monday.
“We have to remain extra cautious while casting our vote. There are forces who do not want representative voices to reach the Parliament. They want Delhi’s representatives to reach the Lok Sabha, but we all want our representatives to reach there. To ensure our real representative voice reaches Lok Sabha, we have to unite in our efforts and give a resounding mandate to our candidate Aga Ruhullah Mehdi,” Abdullah said while addressing a series of election rallies in Pulwama and Shopian districts in south Kashmir.
The conventions were convened and organised by In Charge Constituency Pulwama Muhammad Khalil Bandh and In Charge Constituency Shopian Sheikh Mohammad Rafi respectively. Among others party leaders Dr Sameer Kaul, Ghulam Mohiudin Mir, Showkat Hussain Ganai, Mukhtar Bandh and Shabir Kullay were also present.
Addressing workers, Dr Farooq termed the BJP as a “lie machine”, saying, “Their lies are falling flat and people are asking them questions on employment, development and progress. Their progress report is blank. You cannot feed the people with communal sentiments indefinitely. Our youth want jobs, our elderly want better health care, our mothers and sisters want better services.”
He said people are fed up with the BJP and are ready to teach them a lesson in the polls. “Udhampur and Jammu have spoken in one voice and rejected BJP. Now it’s the time for the people of Kashmir to answer in one voice against BJP proxies and minions here,” he said, adding that the BJP has developed cold feet and has opted out of the race sensing an imminent drubbing at the hands of National Conference.
The NC chief said the INDIA bloc will win all six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. “BJP is hiding behind its proxies but that won’t work. I am happy to see your enthusiasm and that’s the reason other party leaders have developed cold feet,” he said.
The former chief minister further claimed that the BJP has failed to win hearts in Kashmir. “Decisions made in 2019 have angered and alienated people in the valley,” he said.
