Overview
- The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit published online posters saying Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had been “missing for the last ten days,” a move framed by critics as a political taunt.
- National Conference president Farooq Abdullah called the campaign trivial and refused to engage with the BJP’s messaging while defending his party’s standing in government.
- Omar Abdullah is reported to be outside Jammu and Kashmir on a personal trip, which supporters say explains his recent absence from public view.
- Farooq denied any NC role in the demolition of Gujjar and Bakarwal homes in Jammu’s Sidhra area and said an investigation under the lieutenant governor’s administration is under way.
- Farooq linked local fuel shortages to tensions between Iran and the United States and accused the PDP of responsibility for past decisions including the removal of Articles 370 and 35A, framing the row in both local and wider political terms.