NL Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 21
National Conference vice president and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Sunday said the state leadership of Congress are “helpless and powerless”. Omar said that the minor and the minor issue regarding the state of Jammu and Kashmir has to be handled and controlled by the central leadership in Delhi.
“I have worked with Congress for six years. I know that even the smaller issues are controlled by Congress's central leadership and the state leaders of Congress have no say at all,” Omar said while talking to reporters at Aishmuqam Anantnag here.
Abdullah said that the National Conference candidates in the parliament will not have to listen to Delhi they are independent to raise the voice for the people of Kashmir.
Hitting out at Election Commission for taking namesake actions against the BJP leaders for poll code violations, Omar said, “Banning campaigning of poll code violators for two to three days amounts to no action from the Election Commission of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders are violating poll code by generating religious euphoria among the people and dragging the sacrifices of army and paramilitaries into the election campaigning just for votes. Election Commission is watching the situation like the mute spectator and we hope that the commission will initiate stringent actions against BJP leaders for poll code violation to prove its institutional and the administrative neutrality in the conduct of elections across the country.”
