No threat to J&K govt: Farooq

Jul 14, 2010 - Age Correspondent |

New Delhi

Ahead of the visit of an all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, National Conference president and Union minister Farooq Abdullah ruled out any threat to the J&K government headed by Omar Abdullah, saying it was strong enough to face any challenge.

“There is no threat to the government. The coalition partners (NC and Congress) are strong. There is no question of toppling the government,” Mr Abdullah told reporters after meeting home minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday. Mr Abdullah is believed to have discussed the prevailing law and order situation in the Valley with the home minister and apprised him of the steps being taken by the state government in restoring normalcy in the state.
Mr Abdullah said that an all-party delegation of the state would soon meet the Prime Minister.
The former chief minister had attended the all-party meeting convened by his son and chief minister Omar Abdullah.
The all-party meeting had appealed to all political parties irrespective of their affiliation to come forward and help in restoration of peace and normalcy in the state.
The parties decided to meet the Prime Minister while urging the Centre to strengthen the on-going peace process through internal and external dialogue. During the last one week, the Kashmir Valley has witnessed violent protests leading to imposition of curfew in several places.

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/22009" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-433d3d7bf5d4d5c2f1be1a3a8a346641" value="form-433d3d7bf5d4d5c2f1be1a3a8a346641" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="87323950" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>