Omar Abdullah, NC MLAs head to off-site location for review meet after LoP claims govt will not complete term

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday led his party MLAs and independents supporting him for a meeting at on off-site location amid claims by Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma that the National Conference government can fall anytime.

Sharma had claimed that several ruling party MLAs were on the verge of jumping ship.

Abdullah posted pictures of MLAs sharing a bus ride to the off site location, most likely the Dachigam National Park.


The chief minister had convened a meeting at his residence to discuss the "matters of collective importance".

However, as soon as the MLAs reached the residence, they boarded onto mini buses and were taken to Dachigam away from the media glare, sources said.

"We are off for an off-site to spend the day taking stock of the last 19 months - the good, the not so good & everything in between," Abdullah said on X.

In other post, the CM said the meeting was not shifted at the last moment, but it was a pre-planned move.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you but it has NOT 'been shifted at the last moment'. It was always my intention to conduct this meeting off-site and all arrangements have been made, days in advance, at the location originally chosen by me," he said.

A party leader said the MLAs and some MPs have been moved to the Dachigam National Park.

Abdullah, in the invitation letter to the legislators on Sunday, had said the meeting will discuss and deliberate upon the matters of collective importance and issues concerning public welfare.

Besides his party MLAs, Abdullah also invited four independent MLAs who are supporting his government.