{"id":3011,"date":"2026-07-18T19:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2026-07-18T19:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:41:27","slug":"mehbooba-rejects-farooqs-invite-to-join-jantar-mantar-protest-engineer-rashid-to-walk-barefoot-in-solidarity-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=3011","title":{"rendered":"Mehbooba rejects Farooq\u2019s invite to join Jantar Mantar protest; Engineer Rashid to walk barefoot in solidarity | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132486407,imgsize-737767,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mehbooba-mufti.jpg\" alt=\"Mehbooba rejects Farooq\u2019s invite to join Jantar Mantar protest; Engineer Rashid to walk barefoot in solidarity\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRINAGAR: J&amp;K chief minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/omar-abdullah\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omar Abdullah<\/a> and NC president Farooq Abdullah, along with party MLAs, left for New Delhi Saturday to hold a protest at Jantar Mantar on July 20 for restoration of statehood, even though police permission for the sit-in was yet to come.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Omar told TOI that his party was talking to Delhi Police to grant permission for the protest.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>PDP chief <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mehbooba-mufti\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mehbooba Mufti<\/a> said her party would not join the protest unless the restoration of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/article-370\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article 370<\/a> was also included in the demands, while jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid announced that he would observe a one-day hunger strike in solidarity and would march barefoot to Parliament on July 21.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Responding to Farooq\u2019s invite to join the protest, Mehbooba, in a letter to him on Saturday, said the \u201chalf-hearted demands\u201d for restoration of statehood \u201cecho and legitimise BJP\u2019s odious narrative of relegating Article 370 to the back burner\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>However, NC spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq, alluding to calls by PDP, Peoples Conference and others to include the restoration of Article 370 in the protest\u2019s agenda, said \u201cthose seeking to make statehood contingent upon resolving every other constitutional issue risk giving its opponents the perfect excuse to delay it indefinitely\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/mehbooba-rejects-farooqs-invite-to-join-jantar-mantar-protest-engineer-rashid-to-walk-barefoot-in-solidarity\/articleshow\/132486408.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SRINAGAR: J&amp;K chief minister Omar Abdullah and NC president Farooq Abdullah, along with party MLAs, left for New Delhi 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