‘Will rather quit politics than compromising with dignity of State’
Shopian | Mar 02 : Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference working president, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said National Conference would never enter into any sort of an alliance with the BJP and said he would rather quit politics than compromise with the honour and dignity of the State and its people.
Addressing a public meeting at the event of Shabir Ahmed Kullay’s return to the party, Omar Abdullah said PDP’s sellout to the BJP brought with it disillusionment, disempowerment and contempt for the people of the State. Welcoming a party activist Shabir Ahmed Kullay back into the party fold, Omar Abdullah said the party would continue to consolidate its presence at the grassroots level.
“PDP entered into an alliance with those who want to abolish our flag, destroy the foundations of our special status and patronize those who persecute people on the basis of what they eat and do not eat. In the last year, BJP has used its alliance with PDP in J&K as a certificate to disguise its politics of polarization as that of inclusivity. Fact of the matter is that PDP has risked the political rights and interests of our people in order to clench on to power in an embrace with the BJP while BJP and RSS leaders continue to spew venom against minorities and continue to threaten them of dire consequences. I can never have anything to do with these people and would refuse every position of power that comes at the cost of the dignity of my people”, Omar Abdullah said while speaking in Shopian.
He said PDP is still extremely keen and interests in forming a Government with BJP yet again and the continued delay is just an attempt by the party to fake a sense of ideological conviction that they clearly lack.
“Mehbooba Mufi says the 10-month long PDP-BJP Government led by Mufti Sahab did not benefit the people of Jammu and Kashmir. If this Government did not benefit the people, who are the actual beneficiaries of this alliance and why is PDP still in an alliance with the BJP? Mehbooba Mufti played a vital and instrumental role in forging PDP’s alliance with the BJP and any posturing to the contrary today is just a desperate attempt to salvage the last vestiges of PDP’s existence in the polity of the State”, Omar Abdullah further said.
Lashing out at Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah said Mehbooba and her party are squarely responsible for the NFSA induced chaos and protests in the State and said PDP’s veiled attempts to deflect responsibility to the Governor is ridiculous.
“You brought NFSA to J&K, not the Governor. The Governor’s administration is only implementing what you approved in the tenure of the previous Government. Today people are marching towards the Line of Control (LoC) in search of ration and food grains. Is this the change PDP had promised? While you abandoned the flood victims with amazing ruthlessness and arrogance, you are now leaving no stone unturned to deprive our people of basic ration. This is a classic example of what the PDP-BJP Government has done with the State”, Omar Abdullah added while addressing public in Shopian. (PTK)