09/07/2026
SRINAGAR, Jul 8: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the National Conference (NC) would invite all political parties, except those part of the NDA, to the proposed protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on July 20 for the restoration of statehood.
He said that besides the parties in the India bloc, invitations will also be sent to parties that are neither with the India bloc nor the NDA.
"Not just the INDIA bloc. Invitations for Jantar Mantar (protest) have been prepared; they will go out to political parties in Jammu and Kashmir - ?those who are in the Assembly now and also those who have been in the past. (NC president) Farooq Abdullah will send invita-tions to all of them," Omar Abdullah told reporters here.
"The parties like the Aam Aadmi Party, Shiromani Akali Dal, Biju Janata Dal, parties from Telangana, Asaduddin Owaisi's party, Mayawati's party and several other leaders who are neither with the NDA nor the India bloc, they will get letters from Farooq Abdullah and ...