J&K CM Omar Abdullah Alleges BJP Bid to Split NC, Claims Party MLA Was Offered Rs 20–30 Cr to Switch Sides
Omar Abdullah says an NC MLA was offered Rs 20-30 crore and a ministerial post as the party plans a peaceful statehood protest.
- On Saturday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party attempted to engineer defections, claiming a legislator was offered Rs 20–30 crore and a ministerial berth to switch sides.
- Addressing workers at the 26th death anniversary of Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah in Hazratbal, Abdullah criticized the Centre for delaying statehood restoration despite completion of elections and the delimitation process.
- Abdullah asserted the offer included a promise of statehood, while Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary supported the allegation, accusing the BJP of building its politics on "lies."
- National spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi called the remarks "highly irresponsible and condemnable," with the BJP rejecting the claims as "baseless" and demanding that Abdullah either provide evidence or apologize.
- To demand the restoration of statehood, Abdullah announced the National Conference will hold a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 20, seeking to intensify pressure on the Centre.
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Omar claims NC MLAs being offered up to ₹30 crore to switch sides
Speaking on his grandmother’s death anniversary, Abdullah also targeted the central government for failing to restore J&K’s statehood, claiming the BJP used the promise of statehood restoration as leverage to poach legislators
J-K CM Omar Abdullah accuses BJP of poaching NC's MLAs, saffron party gives ultimatum: 'Prove or apologise'
The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of toppling the National Conference government by offering money to buy his MLAs. Abdullah addressed a workers convention and alleged a Supreme Court lawyer, linked to the BJP, of poaching his MLAs. "Attempts are being made to break the National Conference. After greed for money and ministerial berths didn't work, the BJP is now telling my MLAs behi…
'Produce Proof Or Apologise': BJP Hits Back At Omar Abdullah Over MLA Poaching Claim
<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="858" data-end="1189">The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday rejected Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's allegation that it attempted to poach National Conference (NC) MLAs by offering them money and ministerial positions, calling the charge "baseless" and demanding that he either substantiate the claim or apologise.</p> <p data-start="1191" data-end="1431">Addressing a pr…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah alleges BJP bid to split NC, claims party MLA was offered Rs 20–30 cr to switch sides
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says, "Where your (BJP) greed for money and ministries failed, you're telling my MLA in a closed room, "Come with us. When you come, we'll give you a statehood." A Supreme Court lawyer, a BJP official, tells one of my Jammu MLAs in a closed room: "We'll offer you 20 to 30 crore rupees for a ministry, and the status of a state. Come with us." They think people's faith is so cheap. You won'…
BJP offered my party MLA Rs 20-30 crore: Omar Abdullah's 'Operation Lotus' charge
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah attacked the BJP-led Centre and asked it not to mistake his patience for weakness on the restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, and demanded clarity on what it meant by the "appropriate time" for taking that step.
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