Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah. (PTI file photo)
The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said that after the results of Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, he thought luck was on Rashid’s side and it was his bad luck
Ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah alleged that there was a conspiracy against him in the elections and said that “leaders in Delhi” hated him. He further spoke about his Lok Sabha election loss to jailed candidate, Engineer Rashid and reports about another jailed candidate, Sarjan Ahmad Wagay contesting against him in the assembly polls.
“I always knew that Delhi would want to silence me in some way but I never thought that they would go to this extent. In Baramulla (Lok sabha elections), when a person (Sheikh Abdul Rashid) stood against me in the polls, having filed the papers while in jail, he recorded his message from jail and sought votes based on emotions. He defeated me in the elections,” Abdullah said, while speaking at a rally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal.
The former chief minister said after the results of Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, he thought luck was on Rashid’s side and “it was my bad luck”.
Currently, Rashid is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in connection to a terror funding case. Abdullah further said he could understand Rashid contesting the Lok Sabha polls against him as he was a local from the constituency.
Abdullah further spoke about Sarjan Ahmad Wagay who is set to contest in the assembly polls against him from Ganderbal seat.
He asked, “But when I decided to contest (assembly) polls from Ganderbal, reports started pouring in that another citizen (Sarjan Ahmad Wagay alias Barkati) who is in jail is going to contest against me. I was forced to think why these people are put only after me. Is there a conspiracy?”
“When they could not find a local (Ganderbal) person in jail, they brought one (Barkati) from Zainapora-Shopian. I still thought maybe it was a coincidence. I consulted a few of my colleagues and told them that I want to prove that it is a conspiracy from Delhi against me,” he added.
