Former Chief Minister Friday accused his successor Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of “brazenly spying on him”, a charge rejected by Peoples Democratic Party.
Taking many by surprise, Omar wrote on a micro-blogging site Twitter that a CID person was posted outside his residence to keep a watch on people coming and going out.
“Mufti Govt brazenly spying on me. A journalist interviewing me for a national daily just got stopped right outside my gate by CID person," he tweeted.
Omar wrote that the journalist was asked about her identity and the purpose of her visit. “Seriously guys if you want to know just ask me, I couldn't care less if you do," he added.
Hitting straight at Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Omar wrote, "Dear Mufti Sb, if you and your apparatchiks want to know what I'm up to pick up the phone and ask me. Please don't accost people outside my gate!"
PDP, however, rejected Omar’s accusation saying it was an attempt by the former CM was to "make news". Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, PDP’s youth president who holds a position of analyst in Chief Minister’s office said it was the habit of Omar as CM to spy on “our leaders including our president.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel”
“It was not a cop who had questioned the journalist outside the residence of Omar Abdullah. It was a National Conference worker who was denied entry to Omar's residence who had asked a few questions to the lady."
At the same time, he said since Omar enjoys Z-Plus security, "routine surveillance" is maintained at his residence. To this, Omar tweeted: "I'm glad @parawahid, Advisor to CM J&K, has owned up to the spying, calling it "routine surveillance" in an interview to an English Channel." Parra said the PDP-BJP coalition government does not waste "a second" on thinking about what the opposition National Conference Working President (Omar Abdullah) was doing.
“We do not even spend a second about what he is doing. He has made this unfortunate statement as he only wants to make news .... He (Abdullah) tweets and that is what he did during his six years (as Chief Minister)," he said.