‘Want to respond democratically to Aug. 5, 2019 decision,’ says National Conference’s Srinagar candidate
The Hindu
Cleric Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, the National Conference’s Srinagar candidate, says this Lok Sabha election is monumentally important as a platform to air the views of the people of Jammu and Kashmir
National Conference (NC) candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi is vociferous in opposing the Centre’s moves of August 5, 2019, to split erstwhile J&K into two Union Territories and end its seven-decade-long special status. Contesting from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, once preferred seat of the Abdullahs, Mr. Mehdi, also a prominent Shia cleric, talks to The Hindu about the challenge before the regional parties in Kashmir. Edited excerpts:
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