'Sitting in BJP’s lap': Lone attacks Omar; says he pushed Congress out of RS polls at BJP’s behest

SRINAGAR: Peoples Conference (PC) president Sajad Gani Lone Tuesday said helium would abstain from voting successful adjacent week’s Rajya Sabha elections successful J&K, accusing CM Omar Abdullah of pushing Congress retired of the contention astatine the behest of BJP.Alleging that Omar denied a harmless summons to Congress “to physique goodwill wrong BJP”, Lone challenged him to beryllium this was not the case. Congress connected Monday withdrew from the elections, accusing state National Conference (NC) of denying it a ‘safe seat’.Lone said helium would person supported a secular candidate, but Omar “is connected a travel to delight BJP”, portion helium had forced Congress to retreat from the contest.He accused Omar of labelling others arsenic pro-BJP portion himself “sitting successful BJP’s lap”.

“Yesterday (Monday), the CM said anyone abstaining from the Rajya Sabha ballot volition beryllium seen arsenic siding with BJP. In the past assembly polls, akin labels outgo galore of our candidates their seats. You can’t bent america connected the aforesaid complaint again,” Lone told reporters astatine a property conference.He said Omar, instead, indispensable beryllium helium was not aligned with BJP. “I person a 100 differences with Congress. But, erstwhile it comes to being anti-BJP, lone Congress has shown consistency,” helium said.

The PC main said galore leaders, including himself and Omar, had astatine immoderate constituent allied with the saffron party, but Congress ne'er had.He argued that lone the 2 nationalist parties — Congress and BJP — would beryllium successful a presumption to reconstruct J&K’s statehood. “BJP volition not reconstruct it, Congress will,” Lone said, adding that Omar’s attraction of its confederation spouse was “unjustified”.Lone said Omar had done “great injustice” by denying Congress a ticket. “As a nationalist party, a Congress MP would person had much clip to talk successful Parliament. What volition your radical bash there?” helium said.