The Jammu and Kashmir ruling National Conference will contest the Budgam Assembly seat while offering the Nagrota seat to the alliance partner Congress, despite an ongoing deadlock over the Rajya Sabha elections.
Omar Abdullah said on Friday that long-standing alienation between Jammu and Kashmir and New Delhi would end once statehood is restored. During his media interaction in Anantnag, Omar reflected on the first year of his government, saying, "a year has already passed, but we still have four more years left".
"Our work is before the people to judge, and we stick to our promises. People should not use us for a week or a month; we have been given a full term of five years," he stated, while further urging the people of Jammu and Kashmir to judge them after a five-year term.
On the by-elections, he said Congress had sought consent from its high command for Nagrota.
“We have assured our complete support to Congress if they field their candidate from Nagrota. Once approved, nominations will be filed, and Budgam will remain for NC,” he said.
Omar, while taking a dig at Congress leader Vikar Rasool, who alleged that the NC was keeping alliance partners away from polls at the orders of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, said, “Why waste time responding to a leader who stood third in his constituency?”
“We are deprived of statehood. Business Rules are not in place, the Advocate General is absent, and several organisations lack control of the elected government. Once statehood is restored, this alienation will end,” he added.
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