Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami thought-out match fixing between BJP, PDP: Omar

National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Monday said the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) was a "thought-out match fixing" between the BJP and the PDP as part of election "gimmickry" to help each other.

Addressing a gathering at Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, he said the people of the state were now privy to such tactics and "political tears which are only seen in their (his rival parties) eyes at the time of elections".

Attacking PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, he said "nowadays she is saying that she too might be arrested". "What will she be arrested for?This assertion hints towards some tacit match fixing between BJP and PDP. We in Kashmir have been hearing a lot about match fixing," he said.

"I feel the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) is a thought-out match fixing between the BJP and PDP to help the BJP save its face in rest of the country and also help the PDP milk the situation here in Kashmir," Abdullah said.

Referring to the alliance between the BJP and .