Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not read the Congress’ manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls as there is nothing in the poll document of the opposition party that the BJP leaders are claiming.
Attacking the Congress, Modi had said that its manifesto carried an imprint of the Muslim League. The prime minister has also repeatedly slammed the opposition party over Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s ‘inheritance tax’ comments amid the row on the issue of ‘wealth redistribution’.
“I do not think he (PM Modi) has read the manifesto. It never says anything that the prime minister and his party are claiming. Please, for God’s sake, I beg of them, read the manifesto. Then you will know what exactly is there,” Farooq Abdullah told reporters in Pulwama after an election meeting.
In response to another question, Farooq Abdullah said, “The Sangh Parivar has never been part of the freedom struggle. This is not as if I am saying it today. This has been said in Parliament. They sided with the British when people were fighting for Independence. It is on record, not Farooq Abdullah saying on his own.”
Abdullah admitted that the INDIA bloc was facing problems in the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat but made it clear that the National Conference would support the official candidate of the opposition alliance.
