Contradicting stand on Art 370 will sink BJP’s boat: Omar
25 Nov 2014 4:43 AM IST
The Chief Minister, who is the working President of National Conference, also dubbed BJP as an ‘opportunist’ party with whom he feels there cannot be any relationship.
Omar, who heads the coalition government with Congress, made these remarks when asked to comment on BJP talking in different voices on Article 370 that grants special status to J and K and avoiding making a direct statement on the issue during the assembly polls.
‘Of course, they are avoiding to be caught in this issue because it will be a problem for them. In Jammu, Article 370 becomes a national issue, up in the hills in Jammu, they are silent about it and in Kashmir, their candidates say ‘if you touch Article 370, we will pick up the gun’....So they are contradicting themselves depending on the place in the state where they happen to be,’ he said in in an interview to a news agency during the course of his hectic campaign for the assembly elections.
‘They don’t want to commit themselves one way or the other. But, again, while trying to put their feet in two boats, you will end up sinking,’ the 44-year-old Omar said.
Modi, who was in Kishtawar of Jammu region on Saturday, refrained from making any political statement on Article 370.
The state is going for the a five-phase poll beginning 25 November and it is widely expected that the results on 23 December will throw up a hung assembly. But Omar refused to predict anything saying, ‘I never make predictions. It’s never been my habit. In school, I never predicted my exam results and I never predicted my election results.’
Omar, who heads the coalition government with Congress, made these remarks when asked to comment on BJP talking in different voices on Article 370 that grants special status to J and K and avoiding making a direct statement on the issue during the assembly polls.
‘Of course, they are avoiding to be caught in this issue because it will be a problem for them. In Jammu, Article 370 becomes a national issue, up in the hills in Jammu, they are silent about it and in Kashmir, their candidates say ‘if you touch Article 370, we will pick up the gun’....So they are contradicting themselves depending on the place in the state where they happen to be,’ he said in in an interview to a news agency during the course of his hectic campaign for the assembly elections.
‘They don’t want to commit themselves one way or the other. But, again, while trying to put their feet in two boats, you will end up sinking,’ the 44-year-old Omar said.
Modi, who was in Kishtawar of Jammu region on Saturday, refrained from making any political statement on Article 370.
The state is going for the a five-phase poll beginning 25 November and it is widely expected that the results on 23 December will throw up a hung assembly. But Omar refused to predict anything saying, ‘I never make predictions. It’s never been my habit. In school, I never predicted my exam results and I never predicted my election results.’
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