{"id":3963,"date":"2025-11-14T19:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=3963"},"modified":"2025-11-14T20:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:06:17","slug":"ruhullah-committed-political-suicide-to-send-me-a-message-through-budgam-says-cm-omar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/ruhullah-committed-political-suicide-to-send-me-a-message-through-budgam-says-cm-omar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruhullah \u2018committed political suicide\u2019 to send me a message through Budgam, says CM Omar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Concedes defeat, says party to analyse poll performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jammu, Nov 14: Conceding defeat in the Budgam and Nagrota Assembly segments, National Conference (NC) Vice President and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the party will analyse the results in both constituencies to take necessary steps for the future. He further said the party\u2019s Member of Parliament (MP), Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, had \u201ccommitted political suicide\u201d to &#8220;send me a message&#8221; through the Budgam by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the by-election results declared today saw the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi triumph over the NC\u2019s Aga Syed Mehmood by a margin of 4,478 votes. Mehdi secured 21,576 votes, ending the NC\u2019s decades-long dominance in the Shia-majority seat, which has been a party stronghold since 1962\u2014barring a single loss to Congress in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, in Jammu, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Devyani Rana clinched the Nagrota Assembly constituency by-election, securing 42,350 votes. NC candidate Shamim Begum, a sitting District Development Council member, trailed in third place with just 10,872 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to media persons about the \u201cRuhullah factor\u201d in Budgam, Omar said there was certainly an impact. \u201cBut as we say, \u2018You cut off your nose to spite your face.\u2019 Similarly, Ruhullah has committed political suicide to send me a message through Budgam. Ruhullah has done whatever he had to do, but politically, he has committed suicide, as the man who has emerged victorious will never allow him to contest again from Budgam. I can contest from there again, but whether Ruhullah will contest or not is for him to decide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullah added that whatever happened has happened, and now the party will do whatever it has to do.<\/p>\n<p>About the Budgam results, the Chief Minister said, \u201cWe fought the election to win, but in Budgam, the people had a different opinion. We wanted development for Budgam and a close relationship with the government. The party will now analyse the results and think about the loopholes and areas where we need to focus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;If there is a need to change things within the organisation or in government functioning, we will do that. Although the results have been declared today, we won\u2019t act in haste. But I urge the party president Dr Farooq Abdullah to call a Working Committee meeting to discuss the defeat in Nagrota and Budgam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Replying to a query, Omar said that when he sees the Bihar results, his own defeat doesn\u2019t hurt him as much. \u201cI knew the contest in Budgam would be tough. The people there don\u2019t cast their votes based on development; rather, a large group of voters cast their votes in favour of a particular person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>About the dismantling of a house in Pulwama today, the CM said if such measures could stop terrorism, they would have stopped it earlier. \u201cMany houses have been dismantled since the Pahalgam attack, but has terrorism stopped? I fear such actions will only increase anger. However, such decisions are not in our hands. Those with authority should reconsider whether this will help stop terrorism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Omar said he himself served as Chief Minister for six years, and security was his responsibility. \u201cEvery year, militancy-related attacks were reduced. But we never felt the need to dismantle houses,\u201d he said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concedes defeat, says party to analyse poll performance Jammu, Nov 14: Conceding defeat in the Budgam and Nagrota Assembly segments, National Conference (NC) Vice President and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said the party will analyse the results in both constituencies to take necessary steps for the future. 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