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Gupkar Declaration signatories’ to meet at Farooq’s place today

Mohit Kandhari

A group of mainstream Kashmiri politicians led by a sitting Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah are all set to attend a brainstorming session to review the present political situation and decide their future course of action on Thursday.

Mainly signatories of the Gupkar Declaration have been extended a formal invitation to assemble at the residence of National Conference Chief  Dr Abdullah.

Gupkar Declaration is a joint effort of all the regional mainstream political parties – the National Conference, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Peoples Conference, the Awami National Conference and the CPI (M) - of Jammu and Kashmir to fight for the special status of the erstwhile

State.

Earlier, both Dr Farooq and Omar Abdullah  had called on PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti at her residence to personally meet her where they extended her an invitation to attend the meeting.

Soon after her release late Tuesday night, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti vowed to fight for the restoration of Article 370.

Calling August 5, 2019 a black day, Mufti urged everyone in Jammu and Kashmir to work towards resolving the Kashmir conflict. 

Sharing details of the their meeting former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted,“My father and I called on Mehbooba Mufti Sahiba this afternoon to enquire about her well-being after her release from detention. She has kindly accepted Farooq Sb’s invitation to join a meeting of the Gupkar Declaration signatories’ tomorrow afternoon (Thursday)”.

“Today our visit was without any political motive and we wanted to know her well being.

In the meeting tomorrow, the present political situation will be reviewed and what will be the future agenda of the Gupkar Declaration signatories in one view, that will also be discussed,” he said in another tweet.