Opposition National Conference (NC) today said the party is "committed" to the revocation of AFSPA from Jammu and Kashmir while saying that the ruling PDP's "complete abandonment" of the demand after coming to power proves it is BJP's "Trojan Horse" in the state.
"NC working president Omar Abdullah led from the front the efforts of the party to seek revocation of AFSPA and he never hesitated to voice this demand even in the Assembly as chief minister," NC chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said here after launching J-K RTI Movement's signature campaign for AFSPA revocation.
"Sadly, (Chief Minister) Mehbooba Mufti has sold out to the BJP and their placards of 'revoke AFSPA' have disappeared. PDP's complete abandonment of the demand after coming to power has proven it was BJP's Trojan Horse in the state," he said.
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Mehdi said the state's legislators were "morally bound" to represent the aspirations and expectations of the people and a failure to do so would discredit democracy in the state.
"Every single legislator should sign this banner and support this campaign and rise above their partisan and personal political ambitions. I laud this initiative and wish the organisers all the very best in this endeavour," he said.
