Farooq Abdullah (File photo)
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah reached across political divides, inviting BJP in J&K, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Congress and other INDIA bloc politicians to join party’s July 20 protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding restoration of statehood to the Union territory.NC spokesperson Tahir Sayeed said Thursday invitations have gone to 52 political parties and politicians, including YSR Congress Party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao, Shiromani Akali Dal’s Sukhbir Singh Badal, Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Uddhav Thackeray and AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal. In J&K, invites have been sent to BJP’s Sat Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mehbooba Mufti, Engineer Rashid, Sajad Lone, Altaf Bukhari and Mirwaiz.“We have invited J&K BJP president as this is our collective fight for J&K. It is not about any political party, it is about the constitutional rights of J&K,” Sayeed said. The protest coincides with opening day of Parliament’s monsoon session.
