SRINAGAR, March 18 -- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today said the politics of National Conference is right now hostage to Farooq Abdullah's cricket scam in which no action was initiated since July 18 last year when CBI filed charge sheet against the NC patriarch.

In a statement, senior PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar stated that it is now becoming evident that NC has become a "puppet" whose strings are pulled by the people sitting in the power corridors of New Delhi. "The theatrics being done by the National Conference to stop joint resistance by the political groups in Jammu and Kashmir against BJP reflects how much under pressure is NC President due to his corruption case," Akhtar said.

The PDP leader stated that it is iro...