Srinagar, Nov 7 (PTI) The Awami Ittehad Party on Friday blamed the National Conference for the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir, stating that Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salahuddin would have been the chief minister if the current ruling party had not "rigged" the 1987 assembly polls.

"The rigging changed the political landscape forever and pushed Kashmir into turmoil," Abrar Rashid, the son of jailed Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid who is widely known as Engineer Rashid, said while addressing a poll rally in Budgam, which will head for a by-election on November 11.

The Awami Ittehad Party held a public rally at Soibugh in Budgam to mobilise support for party candidate Nazir Ahmad Khan.

Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Mohammad Yusuf Shah, also known as Syed Salah

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