With folded hands, Omar’s emotional appeal to voters

Ganderbal, Sep 04: National Conference (NC) Vice President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday made an emotional appeal to the people of Ganderbal to elect him as their representative in the upcoming assembly elections.

After filing his nomination papers here at the office of the Returning Officer Ganderbal AC-18, Abdullah while addressing his supporters who had gathered in large numbers removed the cap from his head and appealed to voters with folded hands to elect him from the Ganderbal assembly seat.

He appealed to people to give him a single chance to serve them and elect him from Ganderbal.

Ganderbal is set to go for polls on September 25.

“Today I want to say only one thing. My cap, my turban, and my honour are in your hands,” an emotional Abdullah said appealing to party workers after filing a nomination for the Ganderbal assembly seat.  “Today I am requesting you with my hands folded to reach out to every door for my success in elections.”

He urged the NC workers to hold a single rope and keep faith in Allah to achieve success.

“If we hold a single rope, and keep our firm belief in Allah, success is surely ours,” Abdullah said.

When he removed the cap from his head and appealed to party workers to respect his honour in the assembly polls, the meeting reverberated with pro-NC slogans while some party workers broke down in tears.

Abdullah said that Ganderbal had ensured his win either as a Member of Parliament or as an MLA.

“Ganderbal has ensured and elected me to the Parliament thrice and once as MLA,” he said expressing hope that people would repose their faith in him.