Omar Abdullah Reacts to the Serial Shooting Inside The Jammu And Kashmir Assembly Complex
The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah on Friday slammed the shooting of TV shows inside the assembly hall. Attacking the Jammu and Kashmir administration for letting a serial TV show shoot in the assembly complex, Omar Abdullah said that the BJP-driven government in the Jammu and Kashmir “reduced the symbol of democracy to this sorry state of affairs.” Calling the act “an absolute shame”, Omar Abdullah further said that they (BJP) even have a fake chief minister coming out of an office he “was privileged to occupy for 6 years.”
The serial starring Huma Qureshi which was shot inside the assembly complex in Jammu and Kashmir, is a Hindi Language TV series called Maharani. The series was motivated by the political events in Bihar, which discusses the then chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his notorious fodder scam.
In a post shared on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter), the National Conference vice president said: “The true face of “the mother of democracy”, where once elected representatives of the people from all parties, religions, backgrounds & parts of J&K legislated on matters of great importance now actors & extras use it as a set for TV dramas.”
The true face of “the mother of democracy”, where once elected representatives of the people from all parties, religions, backgrounds & parts of J&K legislated on matters of great importance now actors & extras use it as a set for TV dramas. What a shame that the BJP driven… pic.twitter.com/kukyD0cQgt
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) January 12, 2024
After the withdrawal of the support of the 25 BJP members in June 2018, Mehbooba Mufti”s government-led coalition government became a minority, leading to the suspension of the assembly. Then the central government imposed the Governor’s rule in the former state as it witnessed political instability following the fall of the then government.
In August 2019, the former state was bifurcated into two Union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The central government in 2019 also abrogated Article 370 of the Indian Constitution which gave special states to the former state. However, after this, there have been no assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Recently, while upholding the central government”s decision to abrogate Article 370, the Supreme Court directed the government to conduct an assembly election at the earliest possible.
