Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is in the firing line of the opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir that have described his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other central leaders a “shawl diplomacy”. During his first visit to New Delhi after becoming chief minister, Omar submitted his cabinet’s resolution for restoration of statehood of J&K to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also met central ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and others. The political scenario warmed up in the valley as his pictures of presenting Kashmir’s famous Kani Shawls to these leaders appeared on the social media and TV channels.
Advertisement Interestingly, those politicians whose parties are identified in the valley as ‘B-teams’ of BJP were in the forefront mocking Omar in their social media posts for meeting the ministers who are top BJP leaders and were part of an aggressive election campaign against the Abdullahs. However, there were plenty of comments appreciating Omar’s initiative of meeting the central leaders for the betterment of Jammu and Kashmir. The opposition leaders took the opportunity trying to convince people that Omar’s National Conference (NC) had a pre-poll secret pact with the BJP and that was the reason behind his rushing to Delhi to meet the PM and other ministers.
Peoples Conference chief, Sajad Lone wrote on X; “..an unsolicited word of advice for our CM.
Wish you had not gone too far castigating everybody, accusing every one of col.
