SRINAGAR: After Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, outdated faculty Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Convention (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah has declined to be the joint Opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential elections.
Dr Abdullah said on Saturday that J&K used to be at a “valuable juncture” and that he desired to wait on navigate his dwelling territory through these “unsure times.”
At a gathering with the leaders of 17 Opposition occasions in New Delhi on June 15, Trinamul president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had proposed the names of Dr Abdullah and Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari, as imaginable consensus Opposition candidate to contest the presidential elections.
In a signed assertion issued here, Dr Abdullah, 84, said that he used to be honoured to possess had his title proposed as a joint Opposition candidate for the office of President of India by Banerjee. He said that after his title used to be proposed by her, he has bought a decision of calls from the Opposition leaders offering their again for his candidature.
Dr Abdullah said, “I’ve taken about a days to keep in touch about this surprising pattern with my family and senior colleagues. I’m deeply touched by the again that I’ve bought and honoured to were realizing about for the very top office in the country.”
Declining the offer, Dr Abdullah said that he believed that J&K is passing through an vital juncture and his efforts are required to wait on navigate these unsure times. “I’ve a lot extra active politics forward of me and I peep forward to developing a clear contribution in the provider of J&K and the country. Subsequently, I’d clutch to respectfully withdraw my title from consideration and I peep forward to supporting the joint Opposition consensus candidate,” he said.
Dr Abdullah thanked the Trinamul Congress chief for proposing his title. He said, “I’m very grateful to Mamata Didi for proposing my title. I’m additionally grateful to the total senior leaders who supplied me their again.”
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