Be ready for agitation like farmers, Farooq Abdullah tells party workers
The Hindu
‘We may also have to offer similar sacrifices to get back those rights snatched from us by the Centre,’ he said on the 116th birth anniversary of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah.
National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday asked his party workers “to remain steadfast and be ready for sacrifices on the lines of farmers’ agitation”.
“We may also have to offer similar sacrifices [like farmers] to get back those rights snatched from us by the Centre. All of you have to be steadfast,” Dr. Abdullah said.
He was speaking at the graveyard of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, the founder of the party, on his 116th birth anniversary in Srinagar's Hazratbal area.

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