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NC to never ally with BJP, says Omar

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Former Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said his party would “never enter into any sort of an alliance” with the BJP. Omar said he would “rather quit politics than compromise with the honour and dignity of the state and its people”. “The PDP has risked the political rights and interests of our people in order to clench on to power in an embrace with the BJP while BJP and RSS leaders continue to spew venom against minorities and continue to threaten them with dire…

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Jaitley has “cleverly” made Opposition’s job difficult, says Omar

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has “cleverly” made opposition parties’ job difficult by not making Corporate sector the focus of the Union budget, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday. “By not focusing the benefits of #UnionBudget2016 on the #suitboot (reference to corporate) people, @arunjaitley has cleverly made the opposition’s job a bit tougher,” Omar tweeted. The BJP-led NDA government has been accused by opposition parties, including the Congress, of favouring the Corporate sector.

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Crackdown on JNU students a new low, says Omar

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Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today criticised the ruling NDA government for “cracking down on students” of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and termed it as a “new low”. “Cracking down on students and using Hafiz Saeed to justify the crackdown is a new low, even for this NDA government,” Omar wrote on social networking site Twitter. Omar, who is the working president of the National Conference, asked Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to make public the evidence connecting JNU students and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed. “Hafiz Saeed supported the JNU…

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Mehbooba Mufti can’t keep JK guessing, says Omar

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National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, on February 7, made it clear that his party is not ready to support BJP in case the PDP-BJP alliance snaps in the state. Abdullah also said that PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti must break her silence as she cannot keep the entire state guessing on government formation. “Mehbooba Mufti has been quiet for long and she can no longer remain silent. She must clarify her stand on two-three issues and clear the air as to what are those…

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