Mass Resignation Hits National Conference Over INDIA Bloc's Ladakh Pick

Party leaders in Kargil submitted their resignation to Farooq Abdullah after they were allegedly pressured by the party high command to support Congress candidate Tsering Namgyal.

National Conference leaders of the party's Kargil unit resigned en masse in Ladakh today over the choice of the INDIA block candidate in the region.

The party leaders submitted their resignations to party president Farooq Abdullah after they were allegedly pressured by the party's high command to support the Congress's candidate Tsering Namgyal.

The mass resignation came hours after Farooq Abdullah warned party leaders in Kargil of disciplinary action if they failed to abide by the party's decision to support INDIA block candidate Tsering Namgyal.