Srinagar: Speaking at the gathering of political leaders and activists in New Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, National Conference president Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that he will not leave INDIA bloc till his last breath.
Abdullah reiterated that there was a need to make the INDIA bloc stronger for the larger interests of the Constitution of the country.
“Today our aim is to save the Constitution of the country. You see there is an assault on our Constitution. Even the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is getting threats. This is our situation today …” Abdullah said as per news agency KNS.
Without naming BJP, the former J&K chief minister said that today people are being made to fight each other. “People — Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and others are fighting each other. We have to wake up and raise our voice against this deadly situation. We have to realize the sensitivity of the situation and vote against those who have brought us to this dreaded situation,” Abdullah said.
Pertinently the ‘Loktantra Bachao’ (Save Democracy) rally was held at Ramlila Maidan and is being seen as a show of strength and unity by the INDIA bloc ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
The rally was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, senior party leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien, and others.
The rally also extended solidarity to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and others who have been arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Dr. Farooq Abdullah while commenting on the arrest of Kejriwal and others said, “People should step ahead and vote with full vigor in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections against those who are hell bent to destroy the essence of democracy, and its institutions in the country.
“We have to be united. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and others have to walk shoulder-to-shoulder; we have to make the India bloc stronger so that the nefarious plans of divisive forces in the country are destroyed,” he added.
“We are with you. We are not leaving this alliance till our last breath,” Abdullah maintained.
