NC will contest whenever elections are held in J&K: Farooq

Former chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said his party will contest whenever elections are held in Jammu and Kashmir

Former chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said his party will contest whenever elections are held in Jammu and Kashmir.

Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah helping his father and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah climb the stairs prior to paying tributes to party founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his 39th death anniversary at his grave on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday. (ANI)

He vouched for the statehood and said party’s demand of restoration of statehood is intact and the fight for this will continue.

“Our party will contest polls whenever they are held,” Abdullah said.

He was speaking to reporters after paying his respects at his father Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s mausolem at Naseem Bagh in Srinagar on his 39th death anniversary.

“We will win the elections whenever they are held,” he said.

Earlier also Farooq had said NC will win the elections if held in a transparent manner. He had even regretted not taking part in the panchayat and block development council polls that the NC had boycotted along with PDP.

He said the party is hopeful of getting Article 370 and 35A back one day.

Didn’t back Taliban: NC

Meanwhile, National Conference on Wednesday slammed attempts to twist party leader Farooq Abdullah’s comment on Taliban and said that the party leader never ‘backed’ or ‘supported’ the Taliban as claimed by some media channels and on social media.

“Backs? How? Falsely attributing things to Dr Farooq Abdullah that he NEVER said is DEPLORABLE. Twisting words and misrepresenting the intended meaning only exposes the so called “channels” that manufacture stories with mala fide intention,” the party tweeted.