Srinagar, July 11: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Tarun Chugh, who is also the party incharge of Jammu & Kashmir, on Thursday termed the former J&K chief ministers – Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah of the National Conference – as “ambassadors of Pakistan”.
“Both Farooq and Omar Abdullah should be declared ambassadors of Pakistan in India because they are only echoing the sentiments of Pakistan’s ISI without realising how much growth and development has happened in J&K,” Chugh said in a statement.
The BJP leader said they (Farooq and Omar) have no consideration for the armed forces that are performing their duties round-the-clock to “defeat the designs of Pakistan’s ISI”.
But as soon as an attack happens from the ISI-sponsored terrorists, the Abdullah family quickly goes to their rescue and tries to run down the Modi government, he said.
Chugh said ever since Article 370 was removed, there has been a new era of development in J&K. “There are no more incidents of stone-throwing or strikes. There has been peace in the union territory,” he said.
“Basically, the Abdullahs have understood that they were fast losing ground in J&K as the people have understood their nefarious designs. People want upscale education and employment which the Modi government has given them and would keep doing it,” he said.
The BJP leader said Muftis and Abdullahs have kept Jammu & Kashmir in the dark for decades but after the abrogation of Article 370, a new era of development and progress has come about in J&K which is not to their liking.
“Their covert support to Pakistan’s ISI designs is not just reprehensible but a big anti-national stance,” Chugh added.
