India, Oct. 13 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Sunil Kumar Sharma, on Monday accused the Abdullah family of facing the country's biggest "vote chori" (vote theft) allegation, citing widely alleged rigging in the 1987 Assembly elections.

His remarks came days after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah joined a delegation of INDIA bloc leaders who submitted a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral irregularities.

Speaking to reporters in Srinagar, Sharma said, "If the allegation of vote chori is to be put on someone, it is on the 1987 rigging. When Farooq Abdullah was made Chief Minister after st...