Delhi HC refuses to hear plea seeking to bar Mufti, Farooq and Omar Abdullah from contesting polls© financialexpress.com

Delhi HC refuses to hear plea seeking to bar Mufti, Farooq and Omar Abdullah from contesting polls

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The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to bar National Conference President Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti from contesting the Lok Sabha elections, for their allegedly seditious and communal remarks.

The petitioner withdrew the plea after the bench of Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Prateek Jalan asked him to approach the poll body, Bar and Bench reported.

The petitioner had alleged that Farooq Abdullah backed his son Omar Abdullah’s assertion that Jammu and Kashmir should have a separate prime minister. He added that Mufti had said that India would become an occupational force and the state would be like Palestine if Article 370 was revoked. The Article in the Indian Constitution grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir.