Karan Thapar 
National Conference’s Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has said that Kashmiris have lost trust in “in the Union of India”. Mehdi also said that Kashmiris are worried about J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah, adding that he should not distance himself from the people of Jammu and Kashmir or from the NC’s mandate on which it won in October 2024.
In a 30-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Mehdi said that Abdullah is in danger of being seen by the Kashmiris as “Delhi’s representative”.