No move to make Omar step down: Farooq

Union minister and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Thursday denied there was any move to make his son and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah step down.

Union minister and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Thursday denied there was any move to make his son and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah step down.

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Emerging from a meeting with Prime Minster Manmohan Singh here, Abdullah said: "There was no such move". He was referring to speculation that Omar may be asked to step down following large-scale violence in Kashmir that has seen about 90 people dead since June 11.

Abdullah, who had earlier met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said it was a private meeting.