My heart says Article 370 will be restored: Omar
December 05, 2022  20:34
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National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said his party has mounted a legal challenge to the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370 and he believed that the special status to Jammu and Kashmir will be restored.
   
Referring to the criticism of his party by other mainstream political parties in the Valley, Abdullah said the NC is not keeping people in the dark over the issue of Article 370.
 
"How are we keeping the people in the dark? We are only saying that we will peacefully fight for its restoration. We will fight for it under the ambit of the Constitution, and legally as well, he said.
 
The former J and K chief minister said such people wanted the party to vitiate the atmosphere so that they get an excuse to target us more.
 
He said NC has mounted a legal challenge to the Centre's decision of August 5, 2019, when it ended the special status of J and K under Article 370 of the Constitution.
 
But, we will not lose our calm, we will fight it the right way and God willing, and this is what my heart says, we will succeed in this fight, Abdullah said, receiving thunderous applause from the party delegates.
 
He was addressing the party's delegate session where his father, Farooq Abdullah, was re-elected unopposed as the NC president.
 
Telling his partymen that there was no need to worry, the NC vice president said, We will not kneel or beg but seek the rights of the people of J-K.
 
We will not beg them for security or a bungalow, nor a vehicle or something else. We are only seeking the dignity of J-K, its prosperity, and its identity. God willing, the day is not far when we will succeed in this fight as well and then present ourselves before the people, he added.
 
Abdullah said the NC as a political party has fought many political battles but I am seeing this kind of a battle for the first time.
 
He said it was one thing if the party's fight was against the BJP or its B or C teams only, but the administration is also fighting us.
 
They are after us. They give trouble to our colleagues. There was a time when the decision to provide security was taken on the threat perception because of militancy. Today, the decision is taken on the threat perception for the BJP rather than that of the militants.
 
The security is provided on seeing which party is a threat to the BJP. More the threat to the BJP, the lesser the security, he said.
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