SRINAGAR: CM Omar Abdullah urged NC’s newly elected Rajya Sabha members to talk up for J&Okay’s political rights, warning them to not “lose their voice in Delhi’s air pollution” like a few of their predecessors. “Typically Delhi’s air pollution appears to have an effect on our colleagues. We’ve despatched many massive names to Parliament up to now, however as soon as they reached there, they appeared to lose their voice,” Omar stated Thursday in Handwara.His pointed jab — mixing political frustration with a smog-laced metaphor — drew cheers from supporters within the border city, the place he promised that this time, the voices despatched to New Delhi “won’t fall silent”.The CM’s remarks got here amid rising dissent inside NC, with two Lok Sabha MPs — Aga Ruhullah Mehdi and Mian Altaf Ahmad — accusing his authorities of failing to ship on political and governance guarantees.Omar stated the three NC members elected to RS final Friday — Chaudhary Mohammad Ramzan, Sajad Ahmad Kichloo and Shammi Oberoi — would “really characterize the folks” and press for restoration of statehood and constitutional rights in Parliament. BJP additionally received one seat, with Sat Sharma clinching victory after an in depth contest.Recalling that his grandfather Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and father Farooq Abdullah had additionally despatched J&Okay representatives to Parliament who “suffered the identical destiny”, Omar stated this time he anticipated higher. “I’ve religion the three members I’m sending will grow to be your voice in Parliament,” he stated.Praising Ramzan as “the apt candidate”. Omar stated regardless of “gerrymandering” within the Oct 2024 delimitation, Ramzan misplaced his meeting race by simply 600 votes. “We’re sending a powerful voice to Parliament who will combat for J&Okay’s rights,” Omar stated. “They’ll remind the Heart of the guarantees made — on industries, roads, rail hyperlinks, tunnels — and of the meeting’s decision in search of restoration of particular standing.”The feedback adopted open criticism from inside his occasion. On Sunday, Anantnag–Rajouri MP Mian Altaf Ahmad stated the NC-led authorities had failed to meet its commitments and that governance within the Union territory “wants enchancment”.Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has repeatedly accused the NC brass of soft-pedalling on BJP and neglecting its 2024 pledges. “In a single yr, the place has our political combat gone? The place are the 100,000 jobs that had been promised?” Mehdi requested just lately, alleging the occasion had drifted from its marketing campaign agenda.