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| 'Modi spent Rs 30,000 Crores on publicity; Coalition to bag all 6 seats in J&K' | | Now Azad claims PDP-BJP nexus | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 27: After the of raised allegations of nexus between PDP and BJP in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections by Abdullahs, Ghulam Nabi Azad today joined the chorus alleging that PDP fielded its candidates in Jammu and Udhampur just to help 'communal forces like BJP'.
Stating that some political parties claiming to be 'thoroughly secular' have been exposed in the present Lok Sabha elections particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, senior Congress leader and union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that there is a perfect chemistry between Congress and the National Conference owing to which the UPA will bag all the six Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir.
The senior Congress leader and the Lok Sabha candidate from Udhampur parliamentary constituency took strong exception of media reports claiming that Azad had rejected Dr Farooq Abdullah and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's invitation to campaign for NC candidates in Srinagar and Baramulla.
Thanking National Conference leadership for campaigning for Congress candidates including him in Jammu region, Azad said: "The NC leadership, workers, MLAs, minister and party office bearers worked very hard for coalition candidates in Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabah seats.
He said that though he has no grudges against PDP for fielding candidates in Jammu and Udhampur but their strategy of fielding candidates has directly helped BJP. "Fielding candidates was PDP's discretion. I don't have any complaints on that. But we have a direct fight with communal BJP at national level and with all those regional parties who directly or indirectly are supporting BJP. If they were so keen to contest from Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats, what PDP could have done was to field candidates from Jammu, Udhampur or Kathua to cut BJP votes in their respective areas. But instead they choose a candidate from Rajouri-Poonch where they had some influence for Jammu against Madan Lal Sharma and a Muslim candidate from Doda to cut Muslim votes and in support of BJP. Even Panthers Party which calls itself very secular fielded its candidates for these elections but campaigned for BJP candidates," Azad claimed.
On separatists call for boycott in Kashmir, Azad said that poll boycott affects the people of the state and it does not help any political party. "If any political party or religious party for its' interests bar voters to cast their votes they will be committing biggest injustice with people and the society in general," Azad said while strongly condemning Tral killings and the attack on polling staff part which had led to death of teacher in Shopian.
Referring to political mood at national level, Azad said that Modi's mood depends on television. "He has in a way hired all televisions channels. So far he blamed others for corruption but estimates say that he has spent Rs 30,000 crores on his publicity and to hire television channels. Wherefrom, he got that much of money if he has not been involved in corruption, unless he has not given state land worth Rs 20 to 30,000 crores to industrial houses in terms of tax rebates on land and electricity. That is the big corruption. How come these big companies are spending thousands of Crores on him when big industrial houses don't give a penny to anyone unless they have some interest in it," he asked. |
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