Knives out in National Conference as Altaf echoes Ruhullah, Omar in…

Saralnama

Less than a fortnight after the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government marked its first year in office in Jammu and Kashmir, the rumblings of discontent have got louder in the ruling party. Last Sunday, senior NC leader and Anantnag-Rajouri MP, Mian Altaf Ahmad, seemed to echo the party’s Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on the issue of the Omar government’s performance, saying that it has failed to fulfil the party’s political promises and that an improvement in governance is required. While Ruhullah, 48, has been at odds with Omar on a range of issues over the last year, this was the first time since the formation of the NC government on that Altaf, 68, targeted the Chief Minister. Altaf’s dissent assumes significance as he is one of the NC’s stalwarts, whose sway transcends the geographical… (Updated 29 Oct 2025, 21:22 IST; source: link)

Key Points

• Less than a fortnight after the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference (NC) government marked its first year in office in Jammu and Kashmir, the rumblings of discontent have got louder in the ruling party
• Last Sunday, senior NC leader and Anantnag-Rajouri MP, Mian Altaf Ahmad, seemed to echo the party’s Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on the issue of the Omar government’s performance, saying that it has failed to fulfil the party’s political promises and that an improvement in governance is required
• While Ruhullah, 48, has been at odds with Omar on a range of issues over the last year, this was the first time since the formation of the NC government on that Altaf, 68, targeted the Chief Minister