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Mufti, Abdullahs and others team up for J&K's special status restoration

Announce formation of People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration

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J&K National Conference President Farooq Abdullah at a conference with son Omar, PDP President Mehbooba Mufti after meeting of signatories to Gupkar declaration | PHOTO: PTI

Aditi Phadnis New Delhi
Restoration of Article 370 as it applied to Jammu & Kashmir prior to August 5, 2019, is the principal demand of representatives of six J&K political parties — bitter adversaries on the ground — who met at former chief minister Farooq Abdullah’s residence in Srinagar on Thursday and announced the formation the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration to start a movement towards that aim. 

“We will meet again” was Abdullah’s promise as he made a short but terse statement, with Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by his side. 

People’s Conference Chairman Sajad Lone, People’s Movement leader Javaid