As National Conference President Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah the party’s vice president broke the silence over rising demands on restoration of statehood and special status , the deviation from the Gupkar declaration focused on commitment to protect Jammu and Kashmir’s special status was noticed by both the political thinkers and as well as the critics of August 5, 2019 decisions of the central government commanded and controlled by BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nothing new in the political betrayal displayed by the Modi government as National Conference had already tasted the maiden betrayal from Delhi way back in 1953. Against the eleven year confinement of late Sheik Mohammad Abdullah the National Conference patriarch in 1953, his son Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah did not have the qualification of completing even 11 months of confinement and only two and a half months after their release the father, son duo shamelessly deviated from both the Gupkar declaration of August 4,2019 and as well as the plea filed by National Conference MPs Hasnain Masoodi and Mohammad Akbar Lone against the withdrawal of special status in August last year . Omar Abdullah publicly offering to participate in elections if statehood is restored without any mention of article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state into two union territories is by all standards of understandabilities a flagrant violation of both Gupkar declaration of August 4, 2019 and as well the plea of NC’s two MPs against both withdrawal of special status and as well as the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 passed by parliament to divide the erstwhile state into two union territories .
Today Omar Abdullah is accusing media of putting words into his mouth but why he as party vice president did not take action against Tanveer Sadiq for defying the party line over Article 370 and Article 35in May this year is a question to which both Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah owe an explanation to the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Abdullahs’ have to keep in mind that the betrayal of 1975 if demonstrated again in 2020 will ruin National Conference the grand old party of Jammu & Kashmir but not the future of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
People still remember all the mainstream parties excepting BJP are the signitaries of the Gupkar declaration . Interestingly hardly 21 days after Omar Abdullah’s release his Political secretary Tanveer Sadiq had courted a controversy by supporting reconciliation without mentioning Article 370 and as such divide within the National Conference over the issue of Article 370 and Article 35 A was wide open. Interestingly Tanveer Sadiq was contradicted by top Shiite leader Aga Syed Ruhullah a three time MLA and One time minister then and now Omar Abdullah himself is not only contradicted by Ruhulla Mehdi but also challenged by him with his resignation from the position of party chief spokesman. Today Omar Abdullah is accusing media of putting words into his mouth but why he as party vice president did not take action against Tanveer Sadiq for defying the party line over Article 370 and Article 35in May this year is a question to which both Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah owe an explanation to the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Abdullahs’ have to keep in mind that the betrayal of 1975 if demonstrated again in 2020 will ruin National Conference the grand old party of Jammu & Kashmir but not the future of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
