Srinagar, May 23: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Thursday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for carrying out the “anti-Muslim” manifesto during election campaigns across the country.
“The voters of the country will give them an answer on June 4 when the new PM will be elected,” he said while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a public meeting held at Kulgam’s Damhal Hanjipora.
Omar said whenever the BJP addresses public meetings in the ongoing campaigning for Lok Sabha elections, it has been observed that it expresses venom and hate against Muslims living in the country. “But the voters of the country will give an answer to BJP’s discriminatory outlook on June 4 when a new PM will be elected,” he said. “The voters of the country will give an apt reply to BJP on June 4, when the new PM will be elected to chair.”
Replying to a query, the former chief minister said the elections in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat shouldn’t have been delayed. “It has been a long campaign. The polls shouldn’t have been deferred here. They (ECI) delayed it while citing bad weather as a reason. But I appeal to the people of Anantnag, Rajouri, Poonch, Kulgam and Shopian to take part in the polling on May 25 with full enthusiasm, and give a chance to NC’s Mian Altaf Ahmad to serve his people and represent them in the Parliament,” Abdullah said.
