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| Cong's guarded silence provides ammunition to BJP to exploit Omar's statement at national level | | Questioning of Accession of J&K with India | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 25: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's controversial statement on accession of Jammu and Kashmir with Indian Union has provided opportunity to the BJP to expose Congress at national level before Lok Sabha elections.
The way BJP's national "outspoken" spokesperson Meenakashi Lekhi was speaking against Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for questioning J&K's relation with India was a clear indication that BJP was going to make Omar's utterance as national debate.
Meenakashi went to such an extent that she demanded that Omar Abdullah should be disqualified as Legislator and should be debarred from becoming member again for speaking against Constitution of India and Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir.
BJP leadership was very much aware that exploitation of Omar Abdullah's statement on accession will put Congress on defence and the Congress would find it difficult to defend Omar Abdullah, who is considered to be close to AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi.
Although fiery Congress Minister Sham Lal Sharma has taken Omar Abdullah to task for creating political uncertainty in the State by repeatedly questioning accession of J&K with Indian Union, no other Congress leader or Minister has supported Sham Lal Sharma. All Congress leaders and Ministers are hesitating because they want to be in the good books on National Conference leadership.
Guarded silence on State and Central leadership of Congress has provided opportunity to BJP to exploit this issue at national level.
Insiders said that BJP high command has asked state unit to prepare a detailed reports about such utterances of Omar Abdullah so as to take this issue at national level. It is not the first time that Omar Abdullah has given such statement on relations of Jammu and Kashmir with India. In his speech to the State Legislative Assembly on October 6, 2010 Omar had also said J&K had acceded to India and not merged with it as it did not sign the Instrument of Merger like other states. He said that accession of J&K was temporary and conditional. |
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