Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Nov 22: Taking jibe at political hypocrisy of BJP, National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana today said that any political alliance in Jammu and Kashmir without the BJP is painted and termed in a split second as unholy and anti-national.
“The moment BJP aligns with the PDP, it becomes holy and in the national interest but once other political parties like NC-PDP and the Congress come together for the larger interest of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the combination becomes anti-national and unholy”, Rana said while talking to reporters at the sidelines of a function here this afternoon.
To a question, the Provincial President took a jibe at the BJP and its so-called national leaders for demeaning the role of National Conference and described as hilarious its philosophy of bonhomie with Peoples’ Conference Chairman Sajjad Lone as pro-national act while others coming together becomes in a split second as anti-national.
He termed the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly as murder of democracy, saying the sequence of events and urgency leading to the decision reflected desperation on the emergence of formidable 56-member strong alliance challenging the BJP.
“BJP was in sheer dilemma; it wanted a BJP partnered government in the State which was in no way getting manufactured and seeing its grim prospect, all democratic norms and precedence were sent to wind and the assembly dissolved in huff”, Rana said.
He said New Delhi had employed all the means to put in place the BJP partnered government in the state and this became hugely evident by the admission by responsible quarters about the prospect of horse-trading, coercion and intimidation. When such an admission is made by the constitutional head of the state, it becomes all the more worrisome, he added.
“While we will be expecting the details about horse-trading and coercion being made public, we laud the courageous law-makers for not succumbing to pulls and pressures and remaining steadfast in their resolve to keep the BJP at bay”, Rana said, hoping that the people of the state would be taken into confidence about the veracity of accusations of horse-trading and Pakistan factor. He regretted over the aspersions being cast against National Conference taking dictation from Pakistan, ignoring its sacrifices and contribution towards the nation and the State.
Replying to a question, Rana said that National Conference has been in the election mode ever-since the fall of the BJP partnered government. He said the people have realized the administrative nativity and political immaturity of the BJP that pushed the state to unprecedented crisis during over three years. The people want to forget that nightmarish era and support National Conference for giving the state a stable and strong government. He said his party had been consistently demanding the dissolution of the Assembly after the BJP pulled rug from under the PDP led government because it believed that fresh mandate alone could steer out the state from the morass and the political instability.
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