{"id":34524,"date":"2025-11-15T06:23:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=34524"},"modified":"2025-11-15T06:23:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:23:43","slug":"agas-absence-from-budgam-by-poll-political-suicide-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/agas-absence-from-budgam-by-poll-political-suicide-omar\/","title":{"rendered":"Aga\u2019s absence from Budgam by-poll political suicide: Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JAMMU, Nov 14: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today termed Lok Sabha MP Aga Ruhullah\u2019s absence from the recent Budgam bypoll campaign as \u201cpolitical suicide\u201d and also said that the National Conference would soon analyse the reasons for defeat in Budgam and Nagrota. Abdullah\u2019s comment came while talking to reporters here on the sidelines of a function following the NC\u2019s electoral setback in Budgam. He contested from the Budgam and Ganderbal seats during the 2024 elections and won both, later vacating the Budgam seat.<br \/>\nThe Chief Minister announced a comprehensive internal review of the results, but did not mince words in discussing the political ramifications of the Budgam results and Ruhullah\u2019s decision to abstain from campaigning.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is an English proverb \u2013 you cut your nose to spite your face. Whatever message he wanted to send to me is one thing, but politically he has taken a suicidal step,\u201d Abdullah said, adding \u201cthe person (PDP\u2019s Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi) who won the seat from there will never allow him to rise again.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Chief Minister said that while he could personally recover political losses, Ruhullah\u2019s future in the Budgam constituency was now fundamentally uncertain.<br \/>\nHe also mentioned that the NC would not jump to conclusions about the defeat, attributing it partly to the unique voting demographics of the area.<br \/>\n\u201cWe contested the election to win, but the people of Budgam wanted something else. We wanted Budgam\u2019s progress and the betterment of the people there. We wanted them to maintain a close relationship with the Government for the next four years. But the people of Budgam wanted something else,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe Chief Minister noted that a \u201clarge section\u201d of the Budgam electorate votes purely on personal preference and not on issues.<br \/>\nHe further informed that NC president Farooq Abdullah would convene a working committee meeting soon to analyse the electoral loss in Budgam and Nagrota, find shortcomings and make necessary corrections within the party and the government.<br \/>\nOn the topic of the Bihar election results, Abdullah remarked that expectations from the Congress party were \u201cinflated\u201d due to a recent \u201cvote theft\u201d yatra, which, in turn, \u201cmade seat-sharing more difficult.\u201d<br \/>\nPraising Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he said that Kumar had successfully turned anti-incumbency into an advantage.<br \/>\n\u201cHe kept caste divisions aside and delivered significantly for women, and that clearly benefited him,\u201d Abdullah said and urged other States to learn from Kumar\u2019s governance model.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Omar questioned the demolition of the house of Dr Umar Nabi, who drove the explosive-laden car involved in the Delhi blast, saying such actions would do little to curb terrorism and instead risked deepening public resentment.<br \/>\n\u201cIf terrorism could be stopped because of these things (demolishing houses), it would have stopped by now. Even after Pahalgam, you blew up so many houses \u2013 did this (terror attacks) stop? I fear that because of such things, anger and resentment increases. But these decisions are not in our hands\u201d, Abdullah said.<br \/>\nThe Chief Minister said that those authorising such measures should introspect. \u201cThose who make these decisions should reflect on their decisions and see whether, through such actions, they have been able to stop terrorism or not\u201d.<br \/>\nOmar claimed that during his six-year tenure as Chief Minister, militancy-related incidents steadily declined without the administration resorting to demolishing civilian properties. \u201cSecurity was my responsibility. Every year, militant incidents declined, but we were never compelled to blow up houses,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34525\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34525\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-288x300.png\" alt=\"Aga\u2019s absence from Budgam by-poll political suicide: Omar\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-446x465.png 446w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-268x280.png 268w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-174x182.png 174w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-147x153.png 147w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-229x239.png 229w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-72x75.png 72w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM-326x340.png 326w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-15-at-11.42.40-AM.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aga\u2019s absence from Budgam by-poll political suicide: Omar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAMMU, Nov 14: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today termed Lok Sabha MP Aga Ruhullah\u2019s absence from the recent Budgam bypoll campaign as \u201cpolitical suicide\u201d and also said that the National Conference would soon analyse the reasons for defeat in Budgam and Nagrota. 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