JAMMU: Under the direction of Farooq Abdullah, president of the National Conference, opposition party leaders gathered here on Tuesday and unanimously decided to stage a nonviolent demonstration against the BJP in Jammu the following week. We have all decided to hold a peaceful protest on October 10 and are requesting the necessary permission from the divisional commissioner,” Abdullah said to reporters following the more than two-hour meeting at a hotel here. “The constitution is suspended and the democratic rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir are under attack. Mehbooba Mufti, the president of the PDP, Amreek Singh Reen, the general secretary of the PDP, Vikar Rasool Wani, Raman Bhalla, M Y Tarigami, the head of the CPI(M), the Dogra Sadar Sabha, Gulchain Singh Charak, and Manish Sahni, the leader of the Jammu and Kashmir Shiv Sena (UBT), were among those present at the meeting. At the meeting were Senior Vice President of Awami National Conference Muzaffar Shah, Provincial President of National Conference in Jammu, Rattan Lal Gupta, Party MP Hasnain Masoodi, President of Mission Statehood Sunil Dimple, and former Member of Parliament Sheikh Abdul Rehman. The meeting was also attended by representatives of a number of other groups, including the CPI, Akali Dal (Amritsar), and the Internationalist Democratic Party.
