Farooq Abdullah Dismisses Party Divisions After Meeting Disgruntled NC MLAs
· India · Times of India, The Hindu
National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah dismissed reports of internal party friction as completely false following a high-level meeting at his Gupkar residence in Srinagar. Accompanied by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Farooq met with 15 disgruntled party MLAs who had raised administrative and organisational grievances. The dissent surfaced in the wake of the October 27 cabinet expansion, which inducted four new ministers and brought the council to its maximum strength of nine, leaving senior leaders like six-time MLA Mubarak Gul dissatisfied. Farooq acknowledged that the legislators' concerns were genuine and promised that corrective steps would be taken gradually. The political turbulence coincides with a broader setback for the leadership following the resignation of Srinagar MP Ruhullah Mehdi from the party and parliament.
Why it matters
Internal dissent threatens the stability of the ruling National Conference government in Jammu and Kashmir as leadership struggles to balance cabinet ambitions.
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