After Ruhullah’s protest, BJP claims NC heading towards split

Srinagar, Dec 25: A day after National Conference (NC) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Salman Sagar castigated his party’s Member of Parliament (MP) Aga Ruhullah Mehdi for staging a protest against his own party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday claimed that NC is heading towards a “split”.
“Aga Ruhullah staging a protest against his own party shows that all is not well within the National Conference and it is heading towards a split,” Thakur was quoted as saying by the news agency KNO.
He said, “The NC Member Parliament sitting with Iltija Mufti, Waheed Para and others is a clear indication that NC is facing a major crisis internally.”
Thakur added, “The NC government has failed on all fronts and Ruhullah is trying to prove that he is not a part of the failed government.”
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Tariq Hameed Kara termed MP Ruhullah’s protest outside as the “NC’s internal matter”.
“We don’t want to comment on the internal matter of the National Conference, similarly. We also expect no one to comment on our internal matters,” Kara told KNO.
Terming the basis of the reservation as “Census”, the J&K Congress chief said, “Rahul Gandhi has been pushing the entire country for the caste census. He has made it clear that reservation should be given on the basis of the population.”
Another senior Congress leader, commenting on Aga Ruhullah’s protest said, “Certain things need to be read between the lines.”
It may be recalled that recently, Aga Ruhullah had staged a sit-in outside the chief minister’s official residence in Srinagar against the new reservation policy. He was joined by the leaders from opposition parties.
Reacting to Ruhullah’s protest MLA Hazratbal, Salman Ali Sagar had expressed strong dismay. “If the MP believes that he can do it, then that’s his individual prerogative, however, this was not the National Conference’s initiative. The protest was a platform for the party’s adversaries. It was a gathering of our adversaries, of our enemies. Unfortunately, one of our MPs was present there, giving them an opportunity to exploit the situation,” he had said. (KNO)