BJP Trains Guns on Omar Abdullah, Revives 1987 ‘Rigging’ Debate in J&K Politics

Leader of Opposition in the J&K Assembly Sunil Kumar Sharma delivered the sharp remarks while speaking to reporters, asserting that “the biggest allegation of vote theft in India lies on Omar Abdullah’s family.” Sharma said the accusations of electoral manipulation during the 1987 polls—held when Omar’s father, Farooq Abdullah, was at the helm of the NC and the chief minister—remain...