Modi talking about dynasties to mislead people, says Omar Abdullah

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and NC vice-president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was talking about dynasties to mislead people and he should have talked about the present situation.

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“The Prime Minister delivered a speech in Doda. It has not been 24 hours since the attack (in Kishtwar) in which two brave army soldiers lost their lives. An encounter is going on in North Kashmir today. The Prime Minister is talking about dynasties to mislead people. He should have talked about the present situation,” Omar told reporters in South Kashmir.

Omar said when Article 370 was revoked on August 5, 2019, people of the country were told that the violence in Kashmir was because of Article 370. Once it would be revoked, the impact of the gun would vanish. He, however, said: “It has been five years, but encounters are still going on.”

During a poll rally in the Jammu region on Saturday, PM Modi said political dynasties in Jammu and Kashmir had destroyed the region and not allowed new leadership to grow.

Omar said: “When the BJP was in alliance with the PDP, they did not see anything wrong in the PDP. When former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to make a minister and he picked me, there was nothing wrong with us”.

He said: “If the BJP falls short of numbers and the PDP again decides to help them, they will again find nothing wrong with them”. “It is a matter of time, such political rhetoric goes on, and then these things are forgotten after the elections are over,” he said.

Abdullah, while talking to reporters in a poll rally, also in South Kashmir, said the Prime Minister was forced to talk about three families because he had nothing left to say.

“Whatever projects are being built today were done by previous governments. We did not get anything new from this government, especially in the past five years. That is why the Prime Minister is forced to talk about three families. The final decision will be taken by people. Let’s see how much people are influenced by the PM’s words,” he said.

No end to encounters

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and NC vice-president Omar Abdullah said when Article 370 was revoked on August 5, 2019, “people of the country were told that the violence in Kashmir was because of Article 370. Once it would be revoked, the impact of the gun would vanish. He, however, said: “It has been five years, but encounters are still going on.”