The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on April 12, 2024 announced the names of Omar Abdullah and Shia cleric Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi as the party candidates from the Baramulla and Srinagar constituencies.
Junior Abdullah, while speaking on his nomination, sought to project the upcoming elections as a fight between the BJP’s proxies and the NC in the Kashmir valley.
“This time, our fight is not against any individual. My fight is with those powers which are behind the candidates in the Kashmir valley. It has been decided that I will be contesting from north Kashmir (Baramulla) because the BJP is focusing a lot on it. I want these powers to be defeated there,” Mr. Abdullah said.