Srinagar, Oct. 29 -- As Omar Abdullah's cabinet expansion has triggered protests by supporters of senior party leader and MLA Eidgah Mubarak Gul, with demonstrators warning of an agitation after November 2 if the leadership fails to address their demand for his induction into the government, senior party leader and minister Sakina Itoo said that there was no dissent in the party but 'just natural differences in a family.'

The supporters assembled at Srinagar's Press Enclave Wednesday afternoon, expressing resentment over Gul's exclusion from the Council of Ministers, questioning the party's decision to leave out a leader who, they said, had remained loyal to the NC through difficult periods.

Describing Gul as the "pride of Eidgah", the ...