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Narendra Modi wants to eliminate Muslims, claims Farooq Abdullah 4/16/2014 11:35:56 PM Early Times Report Baramulla, Apr 16 : Jammu and Kashmir: Union minister Farooq Abdullah today claimed that the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi wants to "eliminate" Muslims. He also said he was confident that the Congress will not allow Mr Modi to succeed in his designs. "I do not fear Modi but his intentions, which he has for India. He wants to eliminate Muslims if you want to hear the truth," Mr Abdullah, who is the president of ruling National Conference in J&K, told reporters in Baramulla, about 55 km from Srinagar. "He (Modi) wants to play communal politics and is taking the country towards communalism", Mr Abdullah said. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Congress President Saif-ud-din Soz criticised the Election Commission (EC) for its failure to take action against Mr Modi for his spendings on election campaign through media houses in the country. "The EC has to think and see how much money does Modi have. There is a charge on him as a few days back there was a media report that he has spent Rs 5,000 crore on media. He (Modi) is given a huge space on television channels, why isn't Advani or Rahul Gandhi or even Sonia Gandhi not given such a coverage? That is why EC has to think about it. The EC is not above law. That is my point," Mr Soz said. The state Congress president also denied the inclusion of a demand for Union Territory Status to frontier Ladakh region saying "it is not the manifesto of Congress but a local demand." "It (demand for Union Territory Status) is a local issue and not of the whole state. The hill council (Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council) that has demanded it and we have not said no but if it would have been achievable, then it would have been done. We do not know if that is achievable or not but it is not the manifesto of Congress," Mr Soz said. Mr Abdullah and Mr Soz were in Baramulla to accompany the joint candidate Sharief-ud-din Shariq who filed his nomination papers today. Mr Shariq, a senior National Conference leader and sitting MP, is contesting from Baramulla Lok Sabha seat which is going to polls in the last phase of the five-phased elections in the state on May 7.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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