What did Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti say?
What did omar abdullah and mehbooba mufti say?
Before the first phase of voting in the kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">jammu and kashmir assembly elections, a delhi court has granted bail to engineer Rashid, independent mp from Baramulla, for election campaign till october 2. He came out of jail today (September 11). The opposition is raising questions about this. engineer Rashid was arrested in a terror funding case. So far Rashid's party Awami Ittehad party has fielded 34 candidates in the elections, the nomination process for the third phase is not over yet. It is believed that if he campaigns, his party will get strengthened by this. On the other hand, the National Conference and PDP have alleged that the bjp has a deal with some other small parties apart from the Awami Ittehad Party.
According to the indian Express report, mehbooba mufti asked where is Rashid's party getting the resources to field so many candidates while Rashid is in jail. On Rashid's bail, omar abdullah said, "We knew that this would happen. I feel sorry for the people of Baramulla parliamentary constituency that he did not get bail to serve them or be present in parliament but he is here to take votes. After this, he will go back to Tihar jail. In such a situation, North kashmir will not have any public representative."
Opposition called Rashid a proxy of BJP
mehbooba mufti has called Rashid's party a proxy of BJP. omar abdullah said that it is a good thing that mehbooba mufti publicly said what many people were thinking.
Candidates of Rashid's party are close to the government - PDP
On the other hand, PDP leader Naeem Akhtar said that we are not jealous of engineer Rashid getting bail but many questions have arisen. Rashid's primary responsibility is to represent the people who have elected him and he is not free to do so. Suddenly he forms a party and fields candidates, many of whom are considered close to the government.