Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 13: National Conference (NC) vice president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that if voted to power will abolish PSA and withdraw cases against stone pelters.
Speaking to reporters in Khanabal area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, the former Chief Minister promised people that the party soon after forming its Government in Jammu and Kashmir will withdraw all the cases against the stone pelters and will also abolish Public Safety Act (PSA).
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Stating that BJP was continuously attacking the Articles 370 and 35A, Omar said: Whenever National Conference was out of power, such forces took advantage of the situation following which Jammu and Kashmir bore the brunt.”
The former Chief Minister hoped that Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held soon. “We believe that Assembly elections be held soon after the culmination of parliamentary polls and people will get a chance to elect their representatives. We if voted to power will fight against all the issues like highway ban, attack on special status and others,” Omar said.
He said that the party is confident that it will emerge victorious on all the three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir, adding that it has won the Baramulla seat with a good majority.
The NC leader hoped that there will be less effect of boycott in South Kashmir. “We have started campaigning for South Kashmir seat and we hope the boycott effect will be less as it would certainly help the other candidates to emerge victorious,” he said.
Omar further added that BJP always targeted Muslims and keeping in view of the philosophy of RSS the party had warned Muftis against alliance with the saffron party: “We (NC) had warned late Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti not to forge an alliance with them but later our apprehensions come true”, he said.
The former Chief Minister said that India has been and will remain secular. “India always remained a secular country and every religion be respected equally as per the Constitution of India. We want a Government that will work to safeguard the constitution”, he said.
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