00:00Welcome back, you're with the news today. Let's turn to another of our top stories. A revolt has
00:04hit the ruling national conference in Jammu and Kashmir. Aga Ruhullah, the firebrand NC MP from
00:12Srinagar has quit parliament and the party following differences with Chief Minister
00:17Omar Abdullah who he says has not done enough to uphold his election promises particularly the
00:23promise of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. Ruhullah's departure couldn't come at a worse
00:30time for the national conference. A section of the legislators are also threatening to rebel
00:35after being denied cabinet ministerships. My colleague Meir Fareed now reports from Srinagar.
00:52Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is facing rebellion. National conference MP Aga
01:00Syed Rohullah Mehdi announced his resignation from parliament and party at a rally in Badgam
01:05on Tuesday. Speaking on a day that marked his father's
01:13date anniversary Mehdi accused the national conference of straying from core election promises,
01:19most notably the fight for article 370.
01:45Mahdi's resignation comes at a time when there is severe discontent. Wadeen the national conference
01:51over the recent cabinet expansion. More than 15 MLA's held a meeting last week to plan their future
02:00course of action.
02:06The demand is made of a Teller. We have a plans that has put our presentation by President
02:11and Omar Muhammad and our leaders. We have no doubt. We will leave the national conference. We have a
02:21one. We will leave the national conference. We are not leaving the national conference. We are
02:23going to leave the national conference. We are going to leave the national conference and we are
02:43After the expansion, there are no cabinet berths available anymore.
02:48Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has a tough task ahead to ensure peace in the party.
