Omar Abdullah hints at staying away from grand alliance against BJP in 2024 LS polls

RAJOURI/JAMMU: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday hinted at his party staying away from the grand alliance against the BJP in the next year's general elections, saying most of such parties remained silent when the Article 370 was abrogated. He also said the talk on a pre-poll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir would be premature before the sounding of bugle for the assembly elections in the Union Territory. Maybe they have not got the information so far, which is not understandable," he said, adding that the chief election commissioner admitted that there is a vacuum in Jammu and Kashmir. On the BJP's claim of unprecedented development in Jammu and Kashmir during the past nine years of the Narendra Modi government, he said "everything will be known" once the elections take place.