Farooq Abdullah: After returning from the pilgrimage tour of Saudi Arabia, former chief minister and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah calls an All-Party meeting at his Jammu residence on 11 March.
Sources said that Abdullah has invited all the political parties, except the BJP for the meeting at 3 pm to discuss the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir. He said the issues confronting Jammu and Kashmir including property tax, demolition drive etc. will be discussed thoroughly during the meeting.
From the revocation of Article370 IN 2019, most of the Party meetings since then were being held under the banner of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD). The PAGD is an alliance of NC, PDP, CPI, CPM and Awami National Conference and was formed in October 2020 by Kashmir centric leaders with the pledge of perseverance and steadfastness towards restoration of the special status of J&K revoked by the Center in August 2019.
While talking to media, Abdullah said “Under Central rule since June 2018, there have been no signs of early Assembly polls in J&K without an elected government since June 2018 when the BJP broke its alliance with PDP, forcing the chief minister of the PDP-BJP alliance Mehbooba Mufti to resign.
-Murtaza Ali
