Srinagar, Nov 14 (TIWN) How does one fight for a cause by sitting on the fence? The decision of former J&K chief ministers, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti to not personally contest in assembly elections betrays the answer to the riddle.

Mehbooba Mufti, former chief minister and president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the exact same.  Both the NC and the PDP have, however, made it clear that the two parties will participate in the forthcoming assembly elections in the UT and not leave the field wide open for the BJP that abrogated article 370 and downgraded the state to the status of a Union Territory.