The Congress' Jammu and Kashmir unit Monday demanded an apology from coalition ally National Conference's (NC) additional general secretary Mustafa Kamal for "indecent and abusive utterances" against senior party leaders.
Demanding Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the NC president, expel Kamal, they said they would ask party ministers to stay away from cabinet meetings till Kamal apologized or his party took action against him.
A meeting of Congress leaders held at the party headquarters here condemned the "indecent and abusive utterances" of Kamal against state Congress leaders including party president Saifuddin Soz.
State party vice president and legislator Ghulam Nabi Monga said it had become the habit of Kamal to speak against the Congress leaders, alleging he does not want the Congress-NC coalition to function smoothly in the state.
Mustafa Kamal, who is the youngest son of the NC founder, late Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah and the uncle of Omar Abdullah had recently called the Jammu and Kashmir Congress "a party of government servants who would get their monthly wages from Delhi".
He also said last month that the Congress in the state was a "party of beggars".
In the past also, Kamal has been making statements those have resulted in friction between the NC and the Congress.
