Ashmuqam, April 22 -- National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Sunday asserted that the active participation of people in ensuing elections will render forces as are inimical to the state's identity dysfunctional, besides setting the direction of the state for next half-a-decade.

Addressing an election campaign rally in Ashmuqam, Pahalgam, the former chief minister said that Article 370 and Article 35-A are very crucial for the state and that any attack on it will inadvertently affect each and every individual of the state.

"The articles ensure the citizenry of our state certain unbridgeable rights on jobs and scholarships; any move to scuttle the articles will have far-reaching consequences on people of the state. So it is i...