Srinagar, Nov 08: The Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) today launched a sharp attack on the National Conference (NC), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing them of staging a “friendly match” in Nagrota while ignoring people’s real concerns.

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters, AIP State Secretary Sheikh Ashiq and Chief Spokesperson Inam Un Nabi took aim at the three parties in the backdrop of the Budgam by-elections.

Sheikh Ashiq said it had become “absolutely clear to the entire Kashmir that what is happening in Nagrota is a friendly contest between NC and BJP.” He said Omar Abdullah’s brief visit to Nagrota “carried a tone that reflected softness toward the BJP rather than opposition.”

He alleged that NC’s “entire political and emoti

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