NC spinning lies to counter BJP’s onslaught

 Jammu, Oct 5: Rattled by the BJP’s relentless exposure of its misdeeds and playing with peoples’ sentiments for sake of vote bank politics leading to the current level of anger and disgruntlement, NC has resorted to a misinformation campaign backed by bundles of repeated lies. The peoples’ anger is to such an extent that their leaders dare not face them and are unable to step out of their houses in Srinagar. Their cadre has deserted them because without caring for the aspiration of grass root workers they announced the boycott of ongoing elections to safeguard their dynastic fiefdoms. Unable to answer BJP’s accusations through hard facts, NC is resorting to spin doctoring and twisting of facts under the false hope of winning back the people, according a press release issued by BJP.

Ridiculing the statement of one of the senior leaders of NC, “BJP redefining democracy in J&K in ULB polls,” Brig Anil Gupta, State Spokesperson of BJP, launched a counter attack on NC by reminding the party that it has been the biggest beneficiary of “unopposed” elections ever since 1951. Having earlier exposed the ugly face of NC in 1951 elections, Brig Gupta reminded the NC leadership of the first assembly elections held in 1957. In the Valley out of 43 seats 30 seats were won unopposed, 10 were won through manipulation by rejecting nomination papers of other candidates on flimsy grounds including that a few were government contractors. In 1962 elections 32 NC candidates won unopposed in Valley. NC has been benefitting from similar manipulations in subsequent elections as well, which none of the leaders of this party are denying. But BJP’s victory is an eyesore for the NC leadership because of the ever growing popularity of the party all across the state evident by the decreasing vote percentage of NC and increasing vote share of BJP, claimed the press release.

NC is responsible for murder of democracy and promotion of militancy in the state after the 1987 elections, is a fact acknowledged world-over. On the question of giving ticket to an ex-militant for Srinagar Municipal Corporation election, Brig Gupta reminded NC to count the number of ex-militants in its ranks and how many of them were colleagues of Abdullahs in their cabinetsat different times?

It is laughable that NC continues to boast of its secular credentials despite being proved to the contrary repeatedly. Farooq Abdullah must be remembering the alliance he stitched in 1983 on religious lines. Was the Resettlement Bill passed by then NC government secular, was carving of Muslim majority districts of Doda and Kargil secular, was Plebiscite Front founded by Sheikh’s closest ally secular, was the idea of Greater Kashmir secular, was granting state citizenship to Ugyur and Tibetan Muslim refugees and denying the same to WPR Hindu refugees secular and finally was the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits secular, are some questions NC needs to answer before self-certification of being “secular”, demanded Brig Gupta.