{"id":51681,"date":"2024-04-02T11:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T11:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=51681"},"modified":"2024-04-02T11:03:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T11:03:57","slug":"omar-abdullah-asserts-mian-altaf-ahmad-is-no-outsider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/omar-abdullah-asserts-mian-altaf-ahmad-is-no-outsider\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar Abdullah Asserts: Mian Altaf Ahmad Is No Outsider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pahalgam (JK), Apr 2: <\/strong>National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday scoffed at suggestions that party candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat Mian Altaf Ahmad was an \u201coutsider\u201d to the constituency, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails from Gujarat but contests elections from Uttar Pradesh.How is Mian Sahib an outsider? He is as much from Rajouri-Poonch as much as he is from here (Anantnag) or elsewhere in Kashmir. If PM Modi can come from Gujarat and contest in Uttar Pradesh, your channels have no problems with that,\u201d Abdullah said. \u201cLeaders from south India go to the Rajya Sabha from north India seats, you have no issues with that. Mian Sahib contests from within Kashmir valley and you start raising questions. Does he not have the right to contest from the Rajouri-Poonch Anantnag seat?\u201d he asked. The former chief minister was talking to reporters after a party rally at Liver-Pahalgam in this south Kashmir Lok Sabha constituency. Abdullah also hit out at the media for making efforts to create a wedge between his party and the PDP, which are partners in the opposition INDIA bloc. \u201cWhy are you making the PDP fight us? Has the PDP said anywhere that they will contest elections? It is you people who are fuelling this. I heard the speech of Mehboba Mufti in Delhi, she said Farooq sahib and we are together and we will not break the INDIA alliance. Why are you trying to make us fight? \u201d he asked. Asked if the National Conference (NC) was contesting all three seats in Kashmir due to pressure from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Abdullah said that the decision was taken on the basis of having won the previous elections. \u201cFor DDC polls, we took the 2014 assembly election results and wherever PDP had won, they contested the DDC polls and wherever NC had won, we got the opportunity. PC was also with us then and they chose their candidate where they had won. We used the same formula here as well. Where does the ED come in this?\u201d he asked. On the electoral bonds issue, Abdullah said that he has not revealed any secret. \u201cI have not said anything that was hidden. All this information is in public domain after the Supreme Court order. If the media persons do not question the government, then it becomes our responsibility,\u201d Abdullah said. \u201cWe are asking a direct question. The companies constructing projects here be it Ratle or Zojila tunnel for what purpose did they pay the electoral bonds,\u201d he added. On Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s arrest, Abdullah said that the world has taken notice of it. \u201cNot only us but the powerful countries of the world have taken note of how the opposition leaders are being singled out for targeting. Kejriwal is the second CM who has been arrested,\u201d he said. Abdullah said that arresting sitting chief ministers is a \u201cvery dangerous situation for democracy\u201d and the country \u201cwill have to pay a price for it for a long time\u201d. \u201cWe hope that the SC and EC will not ignore it and stop the use of investigation agencies during elections,\u201d he added. 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