Excelsior Correspondent
EIDGAH (SRINAGAR), Apr 20: National Conference president and NC-Congress coalition candidate for the Srinagar Parliamentary seat Dr Farooq Abdullah addressed an impressive public meeting in Palpora, Eidgah in Srinagar today.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Farooq Abdullah said that the people of Jammu & Kashmir have braved decades of hardships due to the same people who are brazenly pretending to be their sympathizers now. It is National Conference that has at every given juncture in history chosen to stand by the sentiments and issues of the people even when that meant staying away from compromised opportunities of power, he said.
Asking people to beware of hidden machinations of PDP to strengthen the communal hands of Narendra Modi, Dr Abdullah said that Mufti Sayeed has a history of aligning himself with forces inimical to the sentiments of Kashmiris right since his inception into politics. The costs of Mufti Sayeed’s hunger for personal power has been borne by the people of J&K when he bartered the safety of our people as the Home Minister of India and entered into a pact with L K Advani to send Jagmohan as a Governor to J&K, he said.
Dr Farooq Abdullah said the NC-Congress Coalition represents the secular ethos and traditions of not just this State but the entire country and that the alliance wasn’t in place to pander to power but to keep communal and divisive powers away from positions of authority and prestige. The choice was clear – should Narendra Modi become the Prime Minister of India or should Rahul Gandhi – a trusted friend of J&K take over the reigns of the country, he said adding that every vote that is caste against the NC-Congress candidates would be a direct endorsement of Modi and would strengthen his nefarious plans.
The public meeting was organized by senior NC Leader and MLA Eidgah Mubarak Gul who also spoke on the occasion.
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