Srinagar, Oct 07: Ahead of counting of votes for Jammu and Kashmir elections, National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah has made a big conciliatry gesture saying even if the NC-Congress alliance did not need the support from Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) then also they would take it.
Farooq Abdullah said, “Even if we don’t need it, we will take the support (from PDP) because if we have to go ahead, we have to do it together. We all have to make an effort to save this state. This state is in a lot of difficulties. Educated youth have no jobs, inflation is skyrocketing, there is drug menace.”
He thanked PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for reportedly extending her party’s support to the NC. “I extend her my heartfelt gratitude we will try to build this state together. I have not spoken with her, I have only read it in newspapers,” he said.
He further hit out at the BJP and said that the situation in Jammu region was also very alarming. “If we have to save this state, we will have to do so by sitting down together. We have to bring it out of that storm in which this Union Territory has been engulfed for the last 8-10 years. I was in Jammu recently, and the situation there made me tear up. The roads are damaged. Why was G20 Summit held here (in Srinagar) and not in Jammu? Why did Ambassadors come here and not to Jammu? Why did the diplomats come here during elections and not to Jammu?” he said.
He further said that he hoped that the statehood would be restored soon. “I hope that statehood will be restored here very soon, the government will receive all powers and the government will start working honestly,” he said.
He said that he had no ambition to become the Chief Minister and he was not bothered about exit poll results.
ANI
