{"id":166199,"date":"2025-01-26T09:17:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T04:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=166199"},"modified":"2025-01-26T09:17:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T04:17:45","slug":"nc-reaches-out-to-mehdi-to-heal-rift-over-article-370-other-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/01\/26\/nc-reaches-out-to-mehdi-to-heal-rift-over-article-370-other-issues.html","title":{"rendered":"NC reaches out to Mehdi to heal rift over Article 370, other issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-166200\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ruhullah2-FBp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/01\/Ruhullah2-FBp.jpg 389w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/01\/Ruhullah2-FBp-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) has launched reconciliation efforts with its senior leader, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, a Lok Sabha member from Srinagar, in a bid to address his concerns over key issues, including the restoration of Article 370, reservation rules, and statehood for Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Mehdi had led a protest outside Omar Abdullah&#8217;s residence, expressing discontent over the lack of action on the matters. Following this, Mehdi maintained a conspicuous silence, abstaining from several official functions.<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing the potential political fallout, senior NC leaders, including Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Chowdhary and Chief Minister&#8217;s Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani, held a closed-door meeting with Mehdi. The meeting aimed to ensure Mehdi&#8217;s support for the upcoming Budgam by-election.<\/p>\n<p>The Budgam constituency became vacant after Omar Abdullah relinquished his claim to the seat. Party insiders suggest that NC is considering fielding Nasir Aslam Wani for the by-election. Mehdi&#8217;s backing is seen as crucial for a strong and unified campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A senior party leader said, &#8220;The meeting with Agha Ruhullah Mehdi is part of a reconciliation process. The party is committed to addressing his concerns and ensuring that he remains aligned with the broader goals of the National Conference&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) has launched reconciliation efforts with its senior leader, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, a Lok Sabha member from Srinagar, in a bid to address his concerns over key issues, including the restoration of Article 370, reservation rules, and statehood for Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":166200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-166199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/01\/Ruhullah2-FBp.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}