‘BJP fails to stop terrorism in Jammu’
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 19: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah today said as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “nothing else to sell” to the people of Jammu and Kashmir he keeps harping on dynastic politics.
“I do not know what the Prime Minister said in Srinagar today, but I can say this with a guarantee that he would have spoken about three families,” Omar told reporters in Budgam when asked about Modi’s attacks on the Congress, NC and People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
He said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has “nothing else to sell” to the people of Jammu and Kashmir than talking about three families.
Asked about the Prime Minister’s remarks that the three families think they cannot be questioned, Omar hit back at him, asking when was the last time Modi answered a question in Parliament.
“When was the last time Prime Minister Modi gave an answer to a question in Parliament? I have never seen him answering a question in Parliament. We are those who give answers to all the questions after winning, we do not go hiding,” he said.
He said that Modi has failed to stop rising incidents of terrorism in Jammu region.
“But he (Modi) would not have spoken about how the last five years were wasted in Jammu and Kashmir, about the rising terror incidents in Jammu, about the resentment in people and, particularly, about the votes cast by people in south Kashmir in favour of the NC, which no one can deny,” he added.
Reacting to Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s remarks on Article 370, Omar said Pakistan should manage its own affairs and not interfere in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
To a question about the Pakistani Defence Minister’s remarks that the Shehbaz Sharif Government and the Congress-NC alliance are on the same page on the issue of restoration of Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir, Omar said Pakistan should manage its own affairs and save its democracy, and not interfere in the election here.
“What does Pakistan have to do with us? We are not a part of Pakistan. Let them handle their own country and let us handle ours. I do not think it is appropriate for them to talk about or give any insight into our elections. Let them save their democracy, we are participating in our democracy,” the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said.
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