Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Madhav to prove his allegations of Pakistani links of his party or apologize.
“It's unfortunate that a senior BJP leader has said we have got instructions from Pakistan. I challenge Ram Madhav sahib and his associates to prove this with evidence. You are disrespecting sacrifices of my colleagues who refused to dance at Pakistan's instructions and died,” said Abdullah.
After Abdullah's challenge, BJP leader said he wasn't questioning anyone's “patriotism”.
“Just landed @Aizawl n saw this. Now tht u deny any external pressure I take back my comment, bt, now tht u proved it ws genuine love btw NC n PDP tht prompted a failed govt formation attempt, u shud fight nxt elections 2gether. Mind u it’s pol comnt, not personal,” Madhav tweeted.
Earlier in the day, Madhav had said, “"PDP and NC boycotted local body polls last month because they had instructions from across the border. Probably they had fresh instructions from across the border to come together and form government."
Ram Madhav's remarks came a day after Governor Malik dissolved the Assembly even as the PDP wrote to him saying that the Congress and the National Conference had decided to support her party to form a government and their collective strength was 56.
People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone also wrote to the Governor staking claim to form a government with the BJP's backing. He claimed the support of 18 MLAs besides the 25-strong BJP and contended that it was more than the required number for majority.
(With inputs from agencies)
