KL Desk
Srinagar
Asserting that certain forces in New Delhi and Kashmir were hatching conspiracy against National Conference, Union Minster Dr. Farooq Abdullah Tuesday revealed that huge amounts of money were being spent to ‘ disintegrate’ the ruling National Conference.
“People in Delhi in collaboration with their well wishers in Kashmir are working over time to pull down National Conference, and for this they spend hefty amount of money.” NC president said while addressing panches and Sarpanches at Party headquarters in Srinagar.
He however expressed hope that such attempts would be foiled at every level. “They must know that National Conference is not too weak to play games with. We are a deep rooted party and nobody has the guts to shake it.”
With a possible hint at Opposition PDP, Senior Abdullah said ‘had such elements not been elements’’ busy in hatching conspiracies, BJP wouldn’t have hoisted flag in Kashmir. “National Conference is people’s party and we have been representing their aspirations over decades now. It was NC which brought the Rawalpandi Road issue on its 1953 Sopore convention”, recalled Abdullah, adding that the day would come when the ‘barriers’ between the divided Kashmir would collapse.
“Zulfkar Ali Bhuto once told me that my father Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was raising the Rawalpandi road issue, even an 11 year old girl from Azad Kashmir spoke to me and said that it was only NC that could bridge the gaps between the two parts of Kashmir”, claimed the Former Chief Minster adding that Kashmir’s shouldn’t forget the sacrifices his party (NC) had made for them.
“They (Kashmiris) can’t forget our sacrifices. We have been fighting for them and will do so in future also”, asserted the NC president.
Meanwhile accusing PDP of what he called, ‘introducing corruption at official level’, Farooq Abdullah said that it’s (PDP) leadership should should set their house in order first before leveling allegations on others. He added that so many attempts were being made to wipe out NC from the political Map of Kashmir, but was quick to add, that such ‘desires’ wont yield.
