Jammu and Kashmir Nationwide Convention (JKNC) Vice President and get together candidate from Baramulla constituency Omar Abdullah addressing an election rally at Magam for the Lok Sabha polls, in Budgam district, on Might 18, 2024.
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Nationwide Convention vice-president Omar Abdullah on Saturday expressed fears that Union House Minister Amit Shah’s current two-day go to was to “direct the administration and the BJP to make sure the defeat of the Nationwide Convention (NC)“ within the upcoming elections within the Baramulla and Anantnag Lok Sabha seats.

“The go to to Kashmir, the place the BJP has not fielded any candidate, was geared toward giving instructions to the administration, the BJP and its ‘B’, ‘C’, D’ and ‘E’ groups on how one can defeat the NC,” mentioned Mr. Abdullah, who’s contesting from the Baramulla seat.

The previous Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister mentioned he smelt a rat as even the reported safety overview assembly of Mr. Shah was not held. “Unofficially, the BJP is extending help to new political events created after the abrogation of Article 370 [in August 2019],” Mr. Abdullah mentioned.

Mehbooba’s cost

The contemporary allegations got here a day after Peoples Democratic Get together president Mehbooba Mufti accused the Union House Minister of “threatening Pahari officers to vote for the BJP’s proxies in Kashmir”.

She alleged that Mr. Shah held a gathering with officers belonging to the Pahari communities. “He [Mr. Shah] warned them that the result will probably be troublesome, if they don’t help the Peoples Convention in Baramulla and the Apni Get together within the Anantnag-Rajouri seat,” Ms. Mufti mentioned.

She additionally alleged that the BJP’s proxy events have been utilizing “coercion, threats, and monetary incentives to affect the election outcomes”.  

Mr. Shah arrived in J&Okay on Might 16 and left on Might 17. He met plenty of native delegations and the get together staff “to chalk out the technique for upcoming elections, together with the Meeting polls” within the Union Territory.