By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
Srinagar: Taking on to micro-blogging site Twitter, Omar Abdullah, the National Conference president and former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister on Friday accused Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Syed of a “sell out.”
“You already ‘sold out’ by demanding Art 370 status quo when you had sold ‘Self Rule’ to
people in J&K, please stop playing the martyr (sic),” Omar tweeted.
Omar Abdullah (Courtesy: punjabtimeline.com/)
While launching an attack on PDP for “helping” the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in the legislative Council elections on Thursday, Omar further tweeted: “Dear Mufti Sahib, please don’t say you won’t ‘sell out, b’cause you’ve already done that by helping BJP in the Legislative Council elections (sic).”
The BJP-PDP combine registered a victory in the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir legislative council election with five of their candidates elected unopposed.
These candidates are: BJP’s Chering Dorjay and Sofi Yusuf and PDP’s Firdous Tak, Yasir Reshi and Inayat Ali. Voting for the next round for six seats – with 10 candidates of the PDP, the BJP and the NC in the fray – will take place March 2.
PDP and BJP are in continuous negotiation over formation of coalition government in the state after the December elections threw up a hung assembly. The state is currently under President’s Rule.