Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Kargil Ladakh unit on Monday wrote to party president Dr. Farooq Abdullah to announce mass resignation from the party cadre ‘in the interest of Ladakh region as a whole.’
The unit has unanimously resolved to support independent candidate Mohammad Haneefa Jan in the upcoming parliamentary polling on the lone Ladakh seat.
“In the interest of Ladakh region as a whole and in order to secure the future of our region, the Ladakh Democratic Alliance has unitedly decided to project a Joint candidate Mohammad Haneefa Jan as Independent Candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election from 1-Ladakh Parliamentary constituency supported by all political and religious institutions unanimously coming across the party/religious affiliations,” informed Additional Secretary Qamar Ali Akhoon, J&K National Conference Kargil Ladakh to party president Dr Farooq Abdullah.
“The party high command is pressurising us (both telephonically/ as well as on social media) to support the official candidate of INC from Ladakh which is unacceptable to us, including J&K NC and INC Unit Kargil,” the letter reads.
“In this connection as the party insists us to act against interest of the people of Ladakh, so we are compelled to resign in masses from all party functionaries including the undersigned from the party post.”
“This letter may be considered as mass resignation of all party functionaries from the primary membership of J&K National Conference,” the letter further reads.
