Srinagar, Oct. 12 -- The Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) on Saturday announced former DDC chairman Nazir Ahmad Khan as the party candidate for Budgam byelections. The Budgam seat was vacated by J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah after he won elections from Budgam and Ganderbal assembly seats last year.

The polls for Budgam and Nagrota assembly segments will be held on November 11.

Addressing the media, AIP chief spokesman Inam Un Nabi accused J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah of "surrendering on every issue concerning the people of Jammu and Kashmir."

He said, "If Omar had taken MP Baramulla Er Rashid's suggestion seriously and refused to take oath until the restoration of statehood, the situation would have been very different today. We would ...