By PTI
JAMMU: Having already introduced his resolution to step down as president of the National Conference, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday stated he can be contesting the subsequent meeting elections.
Abdullah, who on Friday had introduced he can be relinquishing the presidency of NC subsequent month, stated he isn’t escaping the duty and can proceed to work to strengthen the occasion.
“Insha Allah, I am going to fight the next Assembly elections whenever held (in J&K),” Abdullah instructed reporters right here on the sidelines of a operate organised to welcome new entrants into the occasion.
Several outstanding political activists, together with Gurjeet Sharma from Nagrota, joined the National Conference in presence of Abdullah and Jammu provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta.
Asked in regards to the subsequent occasion president, he stated the National Conference is a democratic occasion and the occasion elections will happen on December 5 to elect a brand new chief.
“People will file their nominations and the party delegates will decide who will be the next party president. I am going to contest the Assembly elections,” he stated.
He stated the NC is prepared for the meeting elections and can emerge as a victor to drag out J&Okay from its troubles.
“Let them announce the dates, we will show them where they stand,” he stated, apparently referring to the BJP which has claimed it’s going to win 50-plus seats within the subsequent meeting elections.
Abdullah stated the time has come for the youth to take the lead within the occasion.
“Whatever was possible from me, I have done that. I am not escaping as I am a party man and will remain so. I will continue to work for the success of the party. Welcoming the new entrants into the party fold,” he stated their becoming a member of will additional strengthen the occasion on the grass-roots stage.
“We will together strengthen the National Conference and will address all the issues of Jammu and Kashmir,” he stated.
Referring to 1996, when the National Conference shaped the state authorities underneath his management, he stated the occasion labored exhausting to carry J&Okay again on monitor at a time when every thing was completed and solely his occasion was on the bottom.
“What the National Conference has performed is historical past. When we got here again to energy in 1996, gun and bomb assaults have been going down in every single place faculties have been closed and there have been no roads and bridges.
“We restored order, reopened closed schools by deploying ‘Rahbar-e-Taleem’ teachers, posted 300 doctors in far-flung areas and also restored the damaged infrastructure to bring J&K back on track,” he stated, including that events which have been nowhere then have been attempting to assert credit score right this moment.
He urged the individuals to hitch palms with the National Conference to drag out Jammu and Kashmir and be sure that it marches alongside the remainder of the nation.
JAMMU: Having already introduced his resolution to step down as president of the National Conference, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday stated he can be contesting the subsequent meeting elections.
Abdullah, who on Friday had introduced he can be relinquishing the presidency of NC subsequent month, stated he isn’t escaping the duty and can proceed to work to strengthen the occasion.
“Insha Allah, I am going to fight the next Assembly elections whenever held (in J&K),” Abdullah instructed reporters right here on the sidelines of a operate organised to welcome new entrants into the occasion.
Several outstanding political activists, together with Gurjeet Sharma from Nagrota, joined the National Conference in presence of Abdullah and Jammu provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta.
Asked in regards to the subsequent occasion president, he stated the National Conference is a democratic occasion and the occasion elections will happen on December 5 to elect a brand new chief.
“People will file their nominations and the party delegates will decide who will be the next party president. I am going to contest the Assembly elections,” he stated.
He stated the NC is prepared for the meeting elections and can emerge as a victor to drag out J&Okay from its troubles.
“Let them announce the dates, we will show them where they stand,” he stated, apparently referring to the BJP which has claimed it’s going to win 50-plus seats within the subsequent meeting elections.
Abdullah stated the time has come for the youth to take the lead within the occasion.
“Whatever was possible from me, I have done that. I am not escaping as I am a party man and will remain so. I will continue to work for the success of the party. Welcoming the new entrants into the party fold,” he stated their becoming a member of will additional strengthen the occasion on the grass-roots stage.
“We will together strengthen the National Conference and will address all the issues of Jammu and Kashmir,” he stated.
Referring to 1996, when the National Conference shaped the state authorities underneath his management, he stated the occasion labored exhausting to carry J&Okay again on monitor at a time when every thing was completed and solely his occasion was on the bottom.
“What the National Conference has performed is historical past. When we got here again to energy in 1996, gun and bomb assaults have been going down in every single place faculties have been closed and there have been no roads and bridges.
“We restored order, reopened closed schools by deploying ‘Rahbar-e-Taleem’ teachers, posted 300 doctors in far-flung areas and also restored the damaged infrastructure to bring J&K back on track,” he stated, including that events which have been nowhere then have been attempting to assert credit score right this moment.
He urged the individuals to hitch palms with the National Conference to drag out Jammu and Kashmir and be sure that it marches alongside the remainder of the nation.
