Srinagar, Jan 8: Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP on Sunday hit out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for her remarks about national flag saying the Tricolour was the country’s pride and whoever looks at it with an evil eye will be dealt sternly.
Mehbooba had earlier stated that the ruling party at the centre would replace the national flag with saffron one.
Responding to Mufti, the party’s JK unit spokesman Altaf Thakur said the BJP’s mantra is ‘nation first, party second, and self-third. “Mufti is once again day-dreaming and perhaps far from the reality that the Indian flag is flying high and every Indian is feeling proud to be part of BJP,” Thakur said.
He said had that not been the case, there would not have been over 300 MPs of the BJP in the Parliament, which is the absolute majority.
Taking a jibe at Mufti, Thakur said for the BJP, the mantra is “nation first, party second and self-third” and there is no question of changing the flag or constitution, which is the country’s pride.
“The fact is that whosoever looks at the flag with an evil eye, will be dealt sternly,” he added.
Thakur said BJP’s workers and office bearers are ready to sacrifice their lives for the honour of Tiranga and making statements that BJP wants to change the flag makes no sense.
“Making these assertions reflect that Mufti is getting frustrated due to the growing popularity of Prime Minister Narendera Modi and his team that is serving the nation to their best capability,” he said.
The BJP spokesman said he wonders how Mufti can join Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “so-called” Bharat Jodo Yatra when she has claimed that ‘if Article 370 was removed, no one would pick up Tiranga in Kashmir’.
