Srinagar, June 5 -- Opposition parties on Thursday called into question the decision by Jammu and Kashmir chief minister (CM) Omar Abdullah's decision taking the statehood fight to New Delhi, with some of them terming it as belated exercise.

While Peoples Conference (PC) chairman Sajjad Lone has called the chief minister's decision as a 'damp squid ', Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, who has been in loggerheads with the government on various issues, has extended his support to the decision.

The decision was taken during a meeting of National Conference (NC) legislators held on Wednesday. After the meeting, party chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq had informed that the NC has decided to take their statehood fight to the Capital. "Our primary...