‘Party sending confusing signals to people on Article 370’
Srinagar, June 12: Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma on Friday said the present government in the Union Territory would “collapse on its own,” asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party would neither play any role in toppling it nor in forming it.
Speaking to reporters in Jammu, Sharma termed the political situation in the UT as unstable and claimed that the government was bound to fall because of “internal contradictions.”
Targeting the National Conference, he said the party had built its politics around Article 370 but was now sending “mixed signals” to the people.
Referring to recent political developments, including meetings between Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sharma said the party’s stand appeared inconsistent.
He added that the NC’s relevance and political clarity had weakened over time, alleging that the party’s support base was gradually eroding.
Sharma also claimed that senior leaders, including Farooq Abdullah, had changed their tone following recent political engagements, indicating what he described as a shift in the party’s political position.
The BJP leader further alleged that there were backchannel attempts to engineer defections, while maintaining that his party had no involvement in such efforts.
“The government will fall on its own. The BJP will neither form it nor make it fall,” Sharma said, adding that the present dispensation would not complete its full term, though he did not specify any timeline.
