India, Aug. 26 -- The simmering war of words within the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference erupted into a high-stakes public test on Tuesday, as Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi strongly hinted he would respond to party president Dr Farooq Abdullah's blunt demand that he resign and seek a fresh mandate from voters.

In an interview with a local news portal in Srinagar, National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah dared the Srinagar MP to resign from the Lok Sabha and seek a fresh mandate from the electorate. Speaking to reporters a day after Abdullah's challenge, Ruhullah reacted by saying. "It is not possible that Doctor Sahib asks me for something and I don't give it to him. It is not possible that I send him back em...