Employees forced to attend PM Modi’s Srinagar rally, say Mehbooba, Omar
The HinduJ&K’s former Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah on Thursday claimed the J&K Lieutenant Governor’s administration “forced” government employees to attend the public rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Srinagar’s Bakshi Stadium and Kashmir International Convention Centre. Ms. Mufti, president of the Peoples Democratic Party, claimed the government employees were herded at 5 a.m. in sub-zero temperatures into vehicles at Budgam bus stand, ferrying them to the PM’s rally. Earlier, Mr. Abdullah, vice president of the National Conference, said the dictatorial J&K government pulled out all stops to give the PM a crowd, “because the BJP can’t manage anything in J&K without the administration”. Baig attends PM’s rally Meanwhile, former J&K minister and ex-PDP leader Muzaffar Hussian Baig, along with his wife Safina Baig, attended the rally addressed by PM Modi in Srinagar.