Fayaz Mir rejects Omar Abdullah’s statement about him

Kupwara, May 7: Former Rajya Sabha member and PDP candidate for Baramulla parliamentary constituency, Fayaz Ahmad Mir, today rejected the statement of National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah that he had helped the BJP in abrogation of Article 370.

Mir Fayaz said that everyone in Kashmir knows that he registered a strong protest in Parliament on the day of abrogation of Article 370. “I tore my clothes to protest against the abrogation of Article 370 following which I was marshaled out and faced one day suspension from the house,” said the former Parliamentarian.

“Instead of revealing why he and his party’s MPs including Dr Farooq and Justice Hasnain Masoodi met PM Narendra Modi on August 2 in New Delhi, he is leveling baseless allegations on me,” the PDP leader said.

“Omar Abdullah should answer about the performance of his party’s MPs with regard to safeguarding Article 370 in the Parliament. During the last five years, did his MPs talk about the jailed youth who are languishing in different jails of the country for the last so many years,” he added.

Fayaz was talking to reporters on the sidelines of an election rally in Kalaroos in Kupwara.

“I want to ask why only Mehbooba Mufti was asked to vacate residence at Gupkar. Why was only PDP disintegrated? All these things point out who happens to be close to New Delhi,” he said.

Mir said that with each passing day PDP was getting support across length and breadth of north Kashmir because people know who is their saviour and who are the traitors. "I am sure that the people of north Kashmir will send me to the Parliament by casting their vote in my favor on May 20," he added.