OMAR ABDULLAH'S MINISTER ASKS J&K MP TO RESIGN FOR PLANNING PROTEST

A day after National Conference (NC) MP from Srinagar, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, said he would stage a protest outside J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s residence over government’s failure to rationalise reservation policy, the party on Friday accused him of acting at the behest of central govt and asked him to resign if he remained unwilling to align with NC’s policies.

“He (Mehdi) has friends in New Delhi and is acting on their behalf. This is New Delhi’s doing. Instead of blaming the J&K govt, he should ask his friends in New Delhi to ensure that the file on rationalisation of reservations, cleared by the J&K govt and forwarded by it to the lieutenant governor for approval, is still in LG’s office. Let him get it cleared from there,” said minister for jal shakti, forest and tribal affairs Javed Ahmad Rana.

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