Overview
- A cohort of 17–18 National Conference legislators met at a Srinagar MLA's residence and on Saturday forwarded a list of grievances and demands to party president Farooq Abdullah.
- Their demands call for restoration of Statehood and Article 370, implementation of the NC's 2024 manifesto within six months, removal of Chief Minister adviser Nasir Aslam Wani, and reconsideration or replacement of ministers who have completed two years in office.
- NC leaders have publicly framed the meeting as an internal exercise in party democracy and denied there is a rebellion, with provincial president Showkat Ahmad Mir urging grievances be taken up with the party presidency.
- Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi announced he will resign from the NC and surrender his Lok Sabha seat on November 3, a step that would force a by-election and raise immediate political risk for the party.
- Opposition parties have seized on the discord by alleging inducement of legislators and predicting a crisis, while limited ministerial slots under Union Territory rules have intensified competition and pressure within the NC.