Restoration of J&K people’s rights top priority for NC: Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, Sep 29: National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah today  reiterated NC's commitment to fight for the restoration of all the abridged rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

He stated that the National Conference will not let anyone compromise or trade away our rights.

According to a press release, Omar made these comments while addressing back to back election rallies in Baramulla, Handwara and Tangdhar today.

He said, “Only 14 million people once had the exclusive rights to the land, employment, education, rivers, forests, and other resources of Jammu and Kashmir. However, on August 5, 2019, our rights were forcefully stripped away and handed over to 1.4 billion people. The current BJP government is determined to put an official stamp on their actions in the Assembly. We have therefore no other option but to stop them."

Omar said that assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are being held after 10 years and a lot has changed in these 10 years. "A lot has been taken away from us, our dignity, our honour, our identity has been taken away from us. Before 2019, when there were assembly elections, we had our own flag, we had our own constitution, Ladakh was our part, we had our own state, we had the right to our own land in the state, we had the right to our own employment, we had the right to rivers, mountains and forests. But PDP opened the doors for BJP here and finally on August 5, 2019, the rights of 1.4 Cr people were taken away and given to 1 billion 40 crore people and the people here got nothing in return. People here have seen nothing but destruction, unemployment, despair. The last 10 years have been very upsetting for the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.