KATHUA, Mar 25:
Accusing Narendra Modi of sidelining and disrespecting his senior BJP leaders, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said if he could not respect his ‘family members’, how could he respect the people of the country.
“Modi is not respecting his family elders, how can he respect the elders of this country. It is for you people to think about it,” Omar told a public rally here.
“We respect elders and seniors whatever is our religion, culture and tradition, but I feel sorry that Modi is not respecting them – whether it is L K Advani, Jaswant Singh or others … One after another they have not been respected by him,” he said.
“Those who do not respect the people in their homes, they cannot the respect the people on the streets,” Omar said while taking a dig on Modi.
Ridiculing BJP for the much talked about Modi wave, he said, “BJP has the habit of creating a propaganda of (Modi) wave in the country. They are in the habit of doing it. During Atal Bihari Vajpayee ruled NDA government they felt India Shinning wave. They advanced the elections and that election wiped out NDA government and they were forced out of power for 10 years.”
“After UPA-I, they again resorted to such a propaganda that UPA and Manmohan Singh have failed. But what happened? Dr Manhohan Singh became the Prime Minister again,” he said.
“They are again creating a wave of propaganda…But there is no such wave. They will get nothing in Jammu and Kashmir from this wave… UPA will again become victorious and Rahul Gandhi will be the next prime minister”, he said.
“We have sent Azad back to Delhi to represent the people
of his constituency. We (NC and Congress) have got together – we will send our candidates victorious to New Delhi and under new UPA rule under Rahul Gandhi there would two ministers from J&K to serve the people of this state.”
Seeking support of the public for votes in favour of Azad, he said Azad has responsibility of the country as well. He is needed in the country.
Azad thanked Congress and NC workers and people who had assembled from different parts of Kathua and other districts of Jammu province.
He said BJP cannot lead the nation towards path of progress and prosperity and represent the pluralistic society of the country because of its narrow thinking and divisive philosophy.
He said it is the Congress party which represents people of all faiths and shades. He referred to the development in every sphere of life during UPA-I and UPA-II and liberal funding by the Centre to the state.
He said policies and programmes of certain forces are detrimental to the interest of the nation because of their divisive policies and politics of hatred and appealed to the people to reject such forces in the elections to strengthen the secular forces and carry forward the era of massive development.
Omar took a dig at BJP for the bickering in the party over ticket distribution and said such parties cannot do justice with the people of the country, who do not respect their own veteran leaders.
Omar said the coalition candidates would win all the six seats in the state in view of the secular combination which was acceptable to all parts of Jammu and Kashmir and people of different faiths.
He cautioned the people against the divisive forces and appealed to them to strengthen secular forces.
PCC Chief Saif-uddin-Soz congratulated Azad for the overwhelming response and said that victory of Azad is written on the wall and the coalition would win all the seats in the state.
He said Congress has always played a vital role in Jammu and Kashmir and taken care of the aspirations of the each region of the state.
He said Congress has always respected the sentiments of people of state including Jammu region and it is unifying force for the broader unity of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and the country in view of its secular ideals.
He appealed the workers of Congress and NC to gear up for ensuring victory of the coalition candidates. (AGENCIES)
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