{"id":34269,"date":"2020-10-15T18:25:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=34269"},"modified":"2020-10-15T18:25:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T12:55:36","slug":"umer-and-farooq-abdullah-meet-mehbooba-to-hold-meeting-on-gupkar-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=34269","title":{"rendered":"Umer and Farooq Abdullah meet Mehbooba, to hold meeting on Gupkar Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leaders agree on the need to put up a joint front.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday met Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, released after 14 months on Tuesday, at her residence and extended an invitation to hold a meeting of all the signatories of the Gupkar Declaration, a pact to fight for the restoration of J&K\u2019s special status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Abdullahs, once considered arch rivals of the Muftis, arrived at the official residence of Ms. Mufti at Gupkar on Wednesday afternoon. Party sources said the leaders discussed the situation in Kashmir and \u201cagreed on the need to put up a joint front\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Abdullah Junior, who described the meeting as a courtesy call, said: \u201cIt was only after the Supreme Court\u2019s intervention that Ms. Mufti was released. Our visit today has nothing political about it. We met to find out how she was doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Mufti thanked the Abdullahs. \u201cIt gave me courage listening to him [Dr. Abdullah]. I am sure together we all can change things for the better, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In an indicator of cementing relations between the two major regional players, Mr. Abdullah said Ms. Mufti has accepted an invitation to attend the meeting of the Gupkar Declaration at his residence around 4 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll the signatories of the Declaration will be meeting. The future course of action will be decided jointly,\u201d Mr. Abdullah said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Declaration was signed by six political parties, including Congress, on August 4, 2019, just a day before the abrogation of J&K\u2019s special status. It called for a joint fight to \u201csafeguard J&K\u2019s special status, Article 370 and 35A\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone, a signatory of the Declaration, also met Ms. Mufti on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mehbooba toughens stand<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In an audio uploaded online, Ms. Mufti, toughening her stand, said the struggle will continue to get back what \u201cthe Delhi Darbar has snatched away by unconstitutional and undemocratic means\u201d and sought resolution of the Kashmir issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything the Delhi Darbar snatched away by unconstitutional and undemocratic means has to be got back. People also need to keep struggling for the solution of Jammu and Kashmir, which has led to sacrificing thousands of lives,\u201d Ms. Mufti said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Mufti, 61, said the abrogation of Article-370 \u201chad been hurting her heart and soul during every moment of her detention\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Terming August 5, 2019 a \u201cblack day\u201d, Ms. Mufti said: \u201cNo one among us will forget the humiliation of the day Article 370 was abrogated. No one among us can ever forget the robbery and the insult.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

She said the \u201cpath ahead won\u2019t be easy but I believe that our courage and determination will be our companion in walking this path\u201d. She also demanded \u201cimmediate release of everyone from J&K who are languishing in various jails of the country\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With inputs from The Hindu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Kashmir Today staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leaders agree on the need to put up a joint front. National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday met Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, released after 14 months on Tuesday, at her residence and extended an invitation to hold a meeting of all the signatories of the Gupkar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}