NC ready to contest J&K polls if ‘roadblocks’ go
In a letter to chief electoral officer Shailendra Kumar, NC central secretary Rattan Lal Gupta said his party was a "strong votary of the democratic process", but it would be practically impossible to contest the bypolls if party president Farooq Abdullah, vice-president Omar Abdullah and general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar remained in detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA).