Clarifying that the National Conference and other parties are not running an election boycott campaign, the NC vice-president Omar Abdullah Thursday said that the government should seek deferment of the case on Article 35A till the Assembly elections were held in the state and a democratically elected government is in place in the state.
“We have never said to boycott elections nor are we running an election boycott campaign. The NC core group has decided that our party will not participate in these elections unless and until Government of India and the state government clear their position on Art 35 A and take effective steps for its protection in and outside the Courts.”