Former chief minister Omar Abdullah today accused the Apni Party, led by former PDP leader Altaf Bukhari, and the union territory administration of using coercive tactics to buy loyalties of newly elected DDC members.
“In case of Shopian district, some of the winners — from Congress, PDP and National Conference — are brought to Srinagar and coerced to join the Apni Party,” Omar told reporters at a press conference here.
An audio recording of a telephone conversation was played to buttress the claims made by the former chief minister in which the husband of a winning candidate from Shopian, belonging to the National Conference, is promised the release of his brother within three days if he makes his wife to “join Altaf Bukhari’s party”.
