Did not choose safe seats, says Omar

SRINAGAR: Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was “factually incorrect” in saying that he had chosen “safe” seats to contest from in the assembly elections.

“PDP is factually incorrect that I have chosen safe seats to contest from. If that was the case, I would have chosen those seats where we had sitting MLAs who had won by the highest margins. Beerwah has a sitting MLA from PDP and we conceded a lead from Sonawar in the Parliamentary elections,” Omar said while addressing party workers here.

He advised them to go door-todoor campaigning in Sonawar.

He said his decision to contest from Sonwar and Beerwah was a direct challenge to PDP. “I am not one to look for safe seats,” he said

“Who would know better about safe seats than Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (PDP patron )himself, who had to find safe-seats in R S Pura and Uttar Pradesh when he couldn’t find more than a few hundred votes in Bijbehara?” Omar said.