00:00All right, we have more news break coming in.
00:01The NC dissident MLA's and Abdullah's arrived at a middle ground, it seems.
00:06The inside scoop coming in.
00:08Sources in the rebel camp confirmed Farouk Abdullah assured some demands to be met in the next two weeks,
00:13which could include removal of advisor to Chief Minister and reshackle in Cabinet,
00:17which may see Repudy CM being stripped off his portfolio.
00:22High Command assured the dissident group that their demands are genuine.
00:26Some will be met immediately, some will take time.
00:28Rebel camp will now wait for Farouk Abdullah assurance to take shape in the next 14 days.
00:35We'll chalk future strategy based on whether the Abdullah's honour what was decided in today's meeting.
00:41Sources part of the meeting claim that Omar Abdullah offered to resign after Diwali.
00:47However, dissident leaders told him that this is not what they want.
00:51I want to quickly cut across to my colleague Mir Farid.
00:54Mir, what really went down in that meeting? Give us the latest update.
00:59Well, Preeti, it was clear from day one that the most crucial part as far as this complete drama,
01:06this internal rebellion of the national conference is concerned.
01:09Last 10 days, we did not see any major attempt of troubleshooting from the NNC.
01:13But everyone knew that once they meet Farouk Abdullah, that is going to be the decisive point.
01:19And that's exactly what has happened.
01:21They met Farouk Abdullah today.
01:22Omar was also there.
01:23And after almost two hours of meeting Farouk Abdullah, both the sides came out, briefed the press.
01:30Our sources say that as of now, Farouk Abdullah has managed to pacify these disgruntled MLA's.
01:36There are certain demands that he is assured will be met in the next two weeks.
01:41Now, that also includes, as you rightly said, they have been somewhere down the line assured that advisor to the
01:47chief minister will be removed.
01:48The deputy will be stripped of the R&B portfolio.
01:51And then also all the other demands, including dignity.
01:55Now, this is an issue where they have time.
01:57And I spoke to many people in the rebel camp.
01:59They say that they have been humiliated time and again.
02:03The ministers don't listen to them.
02:05The style of function of the chief minister, they oppose.
02:08They say that Farouk Abdullah, in many ways, is the binding force.
02:12And if he's removed from the equation, the NNC will decimate.
02:15So these are the strong waves.
02:16But as of now, it seems that Farouk Abdullah's intervention has saved the day for the NNC,
02:22though temporarily, because all is not well within the party.
02:25As of now, the firefighting has been done.
02:28But down the line, definitely, these MLAs have put the party on notice, the high command,
02:35and have been told that most of these issues will be taken care of,
02:39some immediately and some as the time goes on.
02:43Priti?
02:44Thank you, Amir, for joining us with that quick update.
02:46You have yourself a good, happy Diwali.
