Row Over Kashmir Custodial Death A Political Stunt, Says Farooq

Srinagar, Oct 6: Dubbing PDP demand for his resignation as a political stunt, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah today dismissed allegations of "political payoffs" against him and said truth will emerge in the judicial inquiry into the death of an NC worker.

"Farooq Abdullah has nothing to do with it. Whatever has to come will come in the judicial inquiry. We have nothing to hide. What else you want me to say.... The truth will come out," Abdullah told reporters after a meeting of party MLAs and Ministers here.

He said the opposition PDP's demand for his and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's resignation pending the judicial inquiry into the death of NC worker Syed Mohammad Yousuf, allegedly in police custody, was nothing but a political stunt.

"This is a political stunt. They (PDP) don't want National Conference-Congress government to stay. They only want power," Abdullah, who is a Union Minister, said.

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