Srinagar, Oct 25: In a blistering critique of his own party leadership, Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, questioning his refusal to disclose the names of legislators who cross-voted during the recent Rajya Sabha elections.

Ruhullah said that the Chief Minister’s claim that he knows who cross-voted but would not reveal their names “amounts to treating public trust as private property.”

“I am not privy to any such information. But what the CM said today proves that he knows who cross-voted. If he knows, then he should also name them. This is not a private shop that you can run by your own rules. This is a matter of public trust, the trust of the people who elected their representatives,” he said.

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