Kashmir News: Our fight to get back what they took away from us on August 5, 2019, says Omar Abdullah

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National Conference's fight during Lok Sabha Elections 2024 was primarily to reclaim what was snatched by them (Centre) on August 5, 2019. Abdullah, who is contesting from Baramulla seat, was referring to abrogation of Article 370 of Jammu and Kashmir by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on August 5, 2019. “For us, it was a fight of principles.

For us, it was a fight of getting back what they took away from us on August 5, 2019," Abdullah is heard saying the video that he shared on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on May 18, the last day of campaigning for Baramulla seat that is voting on May 20, the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Omar Abdullah, the National Conference Vice President, is pitted against Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) chief Sajad Lone in the Baramulla seat. Abdul Rashid Sheikh, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, has also entered the fray as independent candidate.

Rashid is currently in lodged in Tihar jail on UAPA charges. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Fayaz Ahmad Mir is also contesting from Baramulla seat. Also Read: Kashmir News: Engineer Rashid, jailed under UAPA, electrifies phase 5 Lok Sabha contest in Kashmir's Baramulla The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are the first general elections in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019 by the BJP-ruled centre that stripped its special status.

The government also downgraded the erstwhile state into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The NC and the PDP – the two regional satraps of the UT – have been in principle against the abrogation of Article 370 of Jammu and Kashmir. Both the parties have sought votes in these election against the August 5, 2019