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Srinagar, Nov 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said all political parties have joined hands against the National Conference ahead of the by-election in Budgam assembly constituency as ‘NC stands firm on its poll promises.’
Addressing an election campaign for NC candidate Agha Mahmood in Budgam, Omar Abdullah said, “All political parties have now joined hands against the NC because we have committed one ‘sin’ and that is, standing firm on our election promises. In the 2014 elections, a political party asked you to vote for them, promising that they would keep the BJP out of power in Jammu and Kashmir. You voted for them, and then in the same The party brought BJP to power and started destroying the state.”
Omar Abdullah said, “NC stands by its poll promises and we will fulfill all the promises made to the voters in the 2024 assembly elections.”
By-election is being held for Budgam assembly seat on November 11. The seat had become vacant after Omar Abdullah resigned from the seat as he had won two assembly seats – Budgam and Ganderbal – in the 2024 elections.
Omar Abdullah decided to resign from Budgam and represent Ganderbal Assembly seat in the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
The NC has fielded Agha Mahmood from Budgam, while the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has fielded Agha Syed Muntajir Mehdi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Agha Mohsin, while another candidate Muntajir Mohiuddin will contest this bypoll as an independent candidate after resigning from the post of chief spokesperson of his Altaf Bukhari-led party. Have been.
Interestingly, NC MP Agha Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who hails from Budgam, has distanced himself from the NC election campaign.
Ruhullah says that he cannot ask people to vote for the party on the promises made during the 2024 assembly elections, as these promises have not been fulfilled.
By-election is also being held in Nagrota assembly constituency of Jammu district on November 11. The seat became vacant after the death of BJP candidate Devender Singh Rana on October 31, 2024.
BJP has fielded Devender Singh Rana’s daughter, Devyani Rana, for the Nagrota bypoll.
–IANS
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