BJP hatching conspiracy to weaken NC through proxies: Sadhotra

NC additional general secretary, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra addressing a meeting of Kashmiri migrants at Jammu on Saturday.
NC additional general secretary, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra addressing a meeting of Kashmiri migrants at Jammu on Saturday.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 18: National Conference (NC) additional general secretary and former Minister, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today lashed out at the BJP for conspiring to weaken the NC by creating proxies as its A, B and C teams.
Addressing a meeting of Kashmiri Pandit Migrant Cell of the Party, which was convened to chalk out strategy for maximum polling in the Parliamentary elections on 20th and 25th May, Sadhotra said the BJP was shaking hands with those who were responsible for their exodus from their homes and hearths in Kashmir.
He took jibe at the BJP, saying instead of daring to field its own candidates in the ongoing elections to three Lok Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, the Saffron party is standing behind rejected entities and those responsible for morass in the Valley. He said the BJP stands exposed before the people, especially politically sagacious Kashmiri Pandits, for its double standards and pseudo nationalism. The motivation behind supporting and creating proxies is to destabilize the Valley and promoting peace inimical culture, he added.
Sadhotra said the falsehood being furthered by the BJP leadership against the NC speaks of their frustration as they are reading writing on the wall about their huge debacle in the ongoing general elections. He said the INDIA Bloc is turning turtle the BJP’s apple cart by inflicting a huge defeat to it across the country. Its departure from the national scene will strengthen secular forces and those believing in the idea of INDIA that stands for unity in diversity.
Sadhotra said the BJP is terribly afraid of the popularity of the National Conference, which is a mass movement in every nook and corner of the J&K and represents the urges and aspirations of every segment of the society in all the regions and the sub-regions. This is why the BJP leadership has resorted to conspiracies against the NC, he added.
The former Minister said that the NC leadership has stood like a rock against the interests of all segments of the people, including the Kashmiri Pandit community, which has been let down by the BJP during the past one decade of the Modi Government. Instead of ensuring their safe and dignified return to their homes, the Saffron party is indulging in a misinformation campaign to malign Dr Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, who have been tirelessly working for mitigating the problems of the hapless migrants as they believe that Kashmir is incomplete without Kashmiri Pandits.