National Conference has strongly condemned the recent statement of the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik.

National Conference has always maintained the respect and dignity for the high office of the Governor unless the person holding it has created an environment which is against the tenants of democracy and democratic norms and principles, a joint statement said. In the statement, the party leaders said that it is nobody’s case to protect the corrupt and cover up them alpractices committed by anyone. “However unsubstantiated, unfounded comments to vilify the reputation of any and every politician, public servant and government employee is unwarranted and coming from the Governor himself is highly condemnable,” read the statement. National Conference leaders tookstrong exception to some “intemperate” remarks made against the Vice Presidentof the Party, Omar Abdullah by the Governor.

“They said that Mr Omar Abdullah has enjoyed a well-regardedpolitical career He has been Member of Parliament thrice, Union Minister withPrime Minister Vajpayee for three years, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmirfor six years and is a leader of premier political party of Jammu and Kashmir.Any attempt to sully his image, his reputation and his stature will be stronglytaken on by the party and its cadre.” The joint statement was signed by Generalsecretary Mr. Ali Mohammad Sagar, Mr. Mohammad Akbar Lone, Justice (retd)Husnain Masoodi, Mr. Mohammad Shafi Uri, Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather, Dr SheikhMustafa Kamal, Mr. Surjeet Singh Slathia, Mr. Ajay Sadhotra, Mr. Mian AtafAhmed, Mr. Chowdhary Muhammad Ramzan, Mr. Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Shah, Mr.Mubarak Gul, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Mr. Devender Singh Rana , Mr. Nasir AslamWani, Ms. Shamima Firdous , Advocate Rattan Lal Gupta,  Mr. Mushtaq Bukhari , Ms. Sakina Ittoo, Mr.Mir Saifullah, Mr. Irfan Ahmad Shah, Mr. Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo, Mr. RachpalSingh, Mr. Javid Rana, Mr. Abdul Ganie Malik, Dr. Mohammad Shafi,  Ms. Bimla Luthra , Mrs. Sabia Qadri , Dr.Bashir Ahmed Veeri, Mr. Ali Mohammad Dar, Mr. Shabir Ahmed Kulay , Mr. AltafAhmed Kaloo, Mr. Nazir Ahmed Malik , Mohd Khalid Bandh, Syed Basharat Bukhari ,Nazir Ahmed Gurezi, Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, Ab Majeed Larmi, Dr. Kamal Arora, Showkat Hussain Ganai, Qaiser JamsheedLone , Aga syed Mahmood, Ajaz Jan, Salman Sagar, Imran Nabi Dar, S. HarbansSingh, Sheikh Bashir Ahmad , Khalid Najeeb Suhrawardy, Brij Mohan Sharma , RamPaul , Thakur Kashmir Singh , Rahim Daad, Vijay Bakaya, Deepender Kour, HajiMohd. Hussain , Master Noor Hussain , S.Tarlochan Singh Wazir , Ikhlaq Khan,Mohd Iqbal Bhat, BR Kundal, Syed Asgar Ali and others.