SRINAGAR, July 20: Omar Abdullah today reacted angrily to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s comments apparently linking the former Jammu and Kashmir CM’s release from nearly nine months of detention to the revolt by Sachin Pilot against the Congress Government in Rajasthan.
Taking to Twitter to express his anger, Abdullah, who is also the vice president of the National Conference, said that he would be taking legal action against the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister for his comments made during an interview to a prominent English newspaper.
“I am fed up of the downright malicious and false allegation that what Sachin Pilot is doing is somehow linked to my or my father’s release from detention earlier this year. Enough is enough. Mr @bhupeshbaghel will be hearing from my lawyers,” he said.
He also tagged Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Randeep Singh Surjewala and the Congress party in his tweet.
Minutes after Abdullah’s tweet, Baghel made attempts to downplay his controversial remarks and tweeted, “Please do not try to turn this tragic demise of democracy into an opportune moment @OmarAbdullah ji. The ‘allegation’ was only a question asked, and we will keep asking it, as will the country.”
Abdullah retorted angrily, “You can send your answer to my lawyers. This is what is wrong with the @INCIndia today, you don’t know your friends from your opponents. This is why you people are in the mess you are in. Your “question” was malicious and will not go uncontested.”
Baghel was quoted by the newspaper saying that “…And as far as Sachin Pilot is concerned, not that I have been tracking the Rajasthan events so closely, but it does make one curious why Omar Abdullah was released? He and Mehbooba Muftiji were booked under the same Sections of the law, while she is still languishing, he is out. Is it because Mr. Abdullah is brother-in-law of Sachin Pilot?.”(PTI)
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