SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said his party decided to joined hands with the PDP and the Congress to protect the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir.
At a press conference in Srinagar, the former Chief Minister asked Governor Satya Pal Malik and BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav to prove the allegations they had made against the new alliance.
Governor Satya Pal Malik had said the political parties in the State were indulging in “horse-trading” and money was “changing hands”.
The dissolution paves the way for a fresh elections in the state amid speculation that it could be held with the Lok Sabha polls due early next year.
The former chief minister asked BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav to prove his allegations on Pakistan hand in the alliance.
BJP leader Ram Madhav’s comments that PDP and National Conference (NC) had instructions from across the border, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah dares him to prove the allegations.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on its Twitter handle says the proposed alliance between the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) broke up even before it was formed.
National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah says if the governor has claimed that there was horse trading and MLAs were being brought, it should be probed.
Regarding the fax machine, Abdullah, in a lighter vein said “it was very strange that the fax machine at the Governor’s residence didn’t receive our fax but swiftly issued one regarding the assembly dissolution”.
National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Ram Madhav and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah engage in a war of words on Twitter.
