Omar unnerved after PM’s Samba rally: BJP

Srinagar, April 27 (UNI) Hours after Omar Abdullah suggested that People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) should contest the Assembly polls jointly, Bhartiya Janata Party hit out at the former chief minister saying he was unnerved after recent mega rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Samba, Jammu.
BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur said Omar and his party has felt unnerved because of the Prime Minister’s recent mega rally in Samba where a sea of people participated and now he is afraid of growing acceptance of BJP and PM Modi in J&K.
In a statement, Thakur said that Omar has no option other than to appeal to the PDP to contest polls together as after all it is a matter of two families.
“Today, one family is appealing another to join us in polls. This is to keep the family rule going. But time is over and people of J&K are mature enough to understand the political deceit being played by two families in the past seven decades to stay in power,” Thakur said.
The BJP leader said that the presence of lakhs of people in PM Modi’s Samba rally was a clear message of how strong BJP was emerging across J&K.
“Omar and his party is afraid of their defeat in the upcoming assembly polls and that’s why he is making appeals and suggesting that PAGD should contest jointly. The fact remains that PAGD is nothing but a combination of two parties, whose family rule has ruined J&K over the past seven decades,” Thakur said.
He said BJP is destined to archive a feat in the upcoming elections and form the government on its own.
“Omar’s suggestion is just a beginning and we should wait and see what more will come from the two families. There is no denying the fact that now PDP will accept Omar’s offer hands down. The fact remains that both the parties have been rejected by people as seen in the recently held DDC elections where people choose BJP over those who enjoyed family rule in the past several decades,” he said.
He said under the dynamic leadership of PM Modi, J&K is on the path of peace, prosperity and development and this was just a beginning while J&K is all set to touch new heights in the years ahead.