“BJP not averse to dynastic politics, has problems with those that oppose it”
Srinagar: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah today said that the party will announce its candidates for LS polls only after Eid-ul-Fitr.
He stated that the party would reveal the names of its candidates at an appropriate time. “We will announce our candidates at the right time. Voting is to be held in the third, fourth and fifth phases in our constituencies. There is still plenty of time. Let us celebrate Eid first.”
Hitting at BJP, Omar said that this party have no problem with dynastic politics but has issues with those families that oppose the saffron party.
Abdullah cited the BJP’s tie-up with Chirag Paswan in Bihar and Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s meeting with Raj Thackeray amid speculation of an alliance in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha polls and asked if these were not examples of ‘parivarvad’ or family politics.
“BJP does not have a problem with dynastic families. They have a problem with those families which oppose them. And I am proud to say that I oppose the BJP,” Abdullah told reporters here.
When asked about the Congress taking back former BJP leader Chaudhary Lal Singh, Abdullah said, “I will not say anything on it as it is an internal matter of the Congress. It is better if you ask the Congress about it.”
Singh had supported the people accused and later convicted of the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in 2018.
Singh, who had left the Congress ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and joined the BJP, is seen as a front-runner for a Congress ticket to contest the parliament elections from Kathua.
The NC, which is part of the INDIA bloc, will have to support Singh – if he is named as Congress candidate – according to the seat-sharing agreement.
