"NC’s worst will be 35 seats…Budgam locals wanted Omar to contest…For us this poll is about sending a message on Article 370"
- Subodh Ghildiyal
- TNN Sep 23, 2024, 21:43 IST IST
Srinagar MP and well-regarded Shia cleric Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who is a star campaigner for National Conference – from South Kashmir to Srinagar suburbs – tells Subodh Ghildiyal that NC will get close to the majority mark in the ongoing assembly polls to the 90-seat UT legislature, and that the future J&K govt will not agree with the abrogation of Article 370
NC ally Congress is silent on Article 370.
It is enough that Congress’s principled stand is for restoration of Article 370. But we understand that the atmosphere in the rest of the country is not such that Congress would openly support Article 370. We have a bigger fight at the national level to defeat communal forces, and if Congress at the moment is not so vocal on 370, we understand that.
It is enough that Congress’s principled stand is for restoration of Article 370. But we understand that the atmosphere in the rest of the country is not such that Congress would openly support Article 370. We have a bigger fight at the national level to defeat communal forces, and if Congress at the moment is not so vocal on 370, we understand that.
