Omar terms PDP leadership as empty vessels

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addressing election rally at Rafiabad on Tuesday. -Excelsior/ Amin War
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addressing election rally at Rafiabad on Tuesday. -Excelsior/ Amin War

Excelsior Correspondent
Rafiabad (Baramulla), Apr 29: Equating PDP leadership with empty vessels, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also Working President of the National Conference, today said that they are making noises like hollow pots and try to sustain on falsehood.
Addressing election rallies and workers meeting in Pattan, Rafiabad and Langate today, Omar Abdullah said that broken promises, hollow slogans and vested interests are the hallmark of PDP and its leadership.
“Mufti duo are in undercover league with BJP and are providing all tactical support to Narendra Mping that he will bring them back to power in J&K in the same manner as BJP installed Mufti Sayeed as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2002 with the view to operating its anti-J&K agenda through him”, he said and maintained that the leadership of PDP has sold its conscience and interests of the people of the State to its New Delhi mentors but they should know that gone are the days when Khaileel Khan used to fly doves .
“People of the Jammu and Kashmir will not allow it to happen again, they will make the PDP to bite the dust both in the current Lok Sabha elections and in ensuing Assembly polls”, he asserted and said that weeding deceptive elements out of the politics from the State is the need of the hour.
While making reference to the Narendra Modi’s recent utterances against people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Working President, National Conference said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir need no certificate for their secular credential from Narendra Modi like people who are known for their communal ideology and are stigmatized for innocent killings.
Omar Abdullah said Modi is no issue in Kashmir and BJP’s contesting candidates are sure to lose their deposits in current Lok Sabha elections ‘but the ideology of Narendra Modi and BJP against Jammu and Kashmir is the issue before us’. He said PDP is providing all support to Narendra Modi and the BJP as such every vote cast in favour of PDP would strengthen the anti-J&K political party BJP in the Centre. “We have to ensure defeat of PDP candidates to defeat BJP”, he emphasized.
The Working President, National Conference said that the track record of Sharif-ud-Din Shariq as MP and his PDP opponent Muzaffar Hussain Baig as MLA is before the people. “While Shariq actively highlighted Jammu and Kashmir issues in the Parliament, Muzaffar Hussain Baig loved to remain absent from J&K Legislative Assembly sessions for most of the time and did not represent his constituency”, he said and questioned when Baig could not represent the Baramulla Assembly constituency in State Legislative Assembly how can he be of any help to the people of large Baramulla- Kupwara Parliamentary constituency.
Omar Abdullah asked the people to vote in large numbers in favour of NC-Congress joint candidates and exhibit their faith in the true representatives who will highlight their issues in the Parliament vehemently and capably.