Srinagar, July 11: Senior BJP leader Ravinder Raina on Saturday strongly refuted Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s allegations that BJP attempted to topple the National Conference-led government by offering ₹30 crore and ministerial berths to JKNC legislators. Raina termed the claims “misleading, baseless and far from the truth.”
Responding to Abdullah’s remarks made earlier at Hazratbal, where the Chief Minister alleged that BJP had offered ₹30 crore, a ministerial position and even promised the restoration of statehood to lure JKNC MLAs, Raina in a video Massage dismissed the accusations outright. He said the BJP had never made any such offer and accused the Chief Minister of making irresponsible statements.
Raina said that on one hand Omar Abdullah repeatedly acknowledges that the Union Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah has extended substantial financial assistance for the development of Jammu and Kashmir, while on the other hand he levels what he described as unfounded allegations of a conspiracy to destabilise his government.
“The allegations of offering ₹20 crore or ₹30 crore to legislators are completely false, misleading and without any basis,” Raina said in the video. He further alleged that the National Conference was attempting to divert public attention from its own internal issues by making such claims.
Describing Abdullah’s statement as “unfortunate” and “far from the truth,” the BJP leader said such remarks would only create confusion among the people and should not be used to mislead the public.
