J&K CM Omar takes his legislators to off-limit forest destination in Srinagar to dissect 19 months of NC rule

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) ferried National Conference (NC) legislators to off-limit wood destination of Dachigam successful Srinagar to dissect 19 months of the party’s regularisation successful the Union Territory (UT). 

“We are disconnected for an off-site to walk the time taking banal of the past 19 months - the good, the not truthful bully and everything successful between,” Mr. Abdullah said.

Earlier successful the day, astir 45 legislators, including NC’s 42 elected representatives, assembled astatine the residence of Mr. Abdullah. The CM provided peculiar vehicles to thrust the legislators to Dachigam, a wood scope location to hangul, bears and leopards. Most legislators are disconnected the internet. 

Many legislators expressed astonishment implicit the enactment of the venue. “Crossed Shalimar for an chartless destination!” Dr. Bashir Veeri, NC legislator from Bijbehara, wrote successful a station connected X.

However, Mr. Abdullah said helium had decided connected the venue successful advance. “It has not been shifted astatine the past moment. It was ever my volition to behaviour this gathering off-site and each arrangements person been made, days successful advance, astatine the determination primitively chosen by me,” said Mr. Abdullah.

The gathering is being held successful the aftermath of rumblings wrong the NC. There is unit from NC legislators to grow the ministerial berths, due to the fact that 3 ministerial seats stay vacant successful J&K since Mr. Abdullah took implicit arsenic Chief Minister successful October 2024.

Earlier, these seats were reserved for state Congress, which, however, refused to articulation the government. Many NC legislators said Sringar territory with 8 seats remains unrepresented successful the Cabinet.

Several NC legislators besides unhappy to relation nether the dual powerfulness system, with the Lieutenant Governor wielding important powers. Many accused Mr. Abdullah of failing to found the writ of the elected authorities implicit the bureaucracy.

The gathering besides comes astatine a clip erstwhile erstwhile main curate and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti wrote a missive to Mr. Abdullah to “initiative a agreed front” successful J&K to pressurise Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to propulsion for a dialog with radical of J&K.

Mr. Abdullah connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026) said a ceremonial effect volition beryllium shared aft deliberation with enactment leadership.