'We Never Let BJP Enter J&K Despite...': Abdullah On Mufti's 'Modi Should Be Thankful To Sheikh Family' Remark

Mehbooba Mufti said that the Sheikh family and Omar had helped BJP to implement its agenda in Jammu and Kashmir when he was a minister and PM Modi should be "thankful to the Sheikh family".

JKNC chief Omar Abdullah reacted to PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti's "Modi should be thankful to the Sheikh family" remark.

Source : PTI

National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday responded to People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti's recent remark saying that his party did not allow the Bharatiya Janata Party to enter Jammu and Kashmir despite being a part of the National Democratic Party in the 2000s. Mufti had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be "thankful to Sheikh family".

"I would like to tell Mehbooba Mufti that we were part of the NDA, however, we never let BJP enter Jammu and Kashmir. Despite being part of NDA, we did not let BJP win Jammu's Parliamentary seat," Omar Abdullah said.

VIDEO | "I would like to tell Mehbooba Mufti that we were part of the NDA, however, we never let BJP enter Jammu and Kashmir. Despite being part of NDA, we did not let BJP win Jammu's Parliamentary seat," said National Conference vice chief Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) on PDP… pic.twitter.com/gfDgVHqHou

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Reacting to PM Modi lashing out at the regional parties for bringing "only fear and anarchy to Jammu and Kashmir", the PDP chief had said: "I believe Modi Ji should be thankful, especially to Sheikh (Abdullah) family. It is because of (NC founder) Sheikh (Mohammad) Abdullah that J-K's accession with the country took place."

"When Omar Abdullah was a minister in the BJP (government), they (NC) brought POTA here, banned Shahtoosh, and BJP even took Omar across the world to show that J-K is not a (political) issue, but only a terrorism-related issue which should be resolved by attacking Pakistan," she added.

Mufti further said that Sheikh family and Omar had helped BJP to implement its agenda in Jammu and Kashmir when he was a minister.

At an election rally in Srinagar on Thursday, PM Modi had slammed Muftis, Abdullahs, and Gandhis, for bringing fear and anarchy to the Valley. He alleged that their "political agenda has been to deprive Jammu and Kashmir of their legitimate rights".

"They have given only fear and anarchy to Jammu and Kashmir but now Jammu and Kashmir will no longer be in the grip of these three families," he said, adding that the youth of the Valley whom they "did not allow to progress" was challenging them.