Srinagar, Mar 13: The National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir has expelled Legislative Council (LC) chairman Abdul Rashid Dar from the primary membership of the party. Yes, we have served Dar a letter by hand in which it is clearly stated that he has been expelled from the party, NC president Omar Abdullah told a press conference immediately after his arrival from Jammu.
He said the role played by Dar to stall the passage of the Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill in the LC was ''shocking.''
''We have now just 14 members in the LC as Dar has been disowned by us. We do not know whether the Congress or Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will support him after he helped them stall the bill,'' he said.
Abdullah said the NC had issued a no confidence motion against the chairman.
''We were aware that he had come under the influence of the Congress, PDP and other people in New Delhi and had already prepared the no confidence motion against him.”
''But we did not introduce it, hoping he as a citizen of the state would help the passage of the bill,'' the NC president said.
Abdullah wondered whether PDP members would also vote in favour of the no confidence motion to remove Dar from the chairmanship of the council.
Bureau Report