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Farooq, Omar lash out at Centre

October 30, 2017 Editor

Thousands of National Conference members converged at a stadium in Srinagar today to attend the party’s first state-level convention in 15 years as its top leadership reinvented its anti-Delhi rhetoric. Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, the two former Chief Ministers of the state and senior most leaders of the main opposition party, in their speeches lashed out at symbols of New Delhi: from Prime Ministers to the Army Chief to political parties. Addressing the Centre, Farooq said, “You snatched everything from us. You wonder why the people here don’t raise…

Farooq, Omar differ on exodus, Pandits’ return to Valley

January 20, 2016 Editor

The father-son duo of Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah seem to be on opposite sides when it comes to the exodus of 3.50 lakh Kashmiri Pandit and their return to the Valley. While National Conference president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdulla sympathised with the displaced community and blamed the Central government for their plight, the senior Abdullah said the “onus is on the Pandits” to make a comeback to the Valley. Farooq recently said: “They (Pandits) have to realise one thing, nobody is going to come with a begging…