BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Saturday lashed out at former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for threatening to create more ‘Salahuddins’ as he said no one in Delhi is trying to break their party (PDP).
“Instead of solving their internal conflicts, they’re blaming Delhi and threatening in name of terrorism,” he said.
“What Mehbooba ji said is unfortunate and based on lies. No one in Delhi is trying to break their party (PDP). Instead of solving their internal conflicts, they’re blaming Delhi and threatening in name of terrorism. As far as BJP is concerned, we aren’t trying to break any party,” Madhav was quoted by a news agency.
On the ‘Salahuddin’ threat, Madhav made it clear that the Centre and security forces had the necessary strength to neutralise all terrorists in the valley and also those who might join militancy. “The Central Government and security forces have the power to neutralise all the terrorists who are in the valley and those might turn to terrorism due to Mehbooba ji,” the BJP leader said.
Madhav’s comment came in the backdrop of Mehbooba Mufti’s comment that if Delhi (Centre) tries to break PDP then the outcome will be dangerous. “If Delhi, tries to dismiss the voting rights of people like 1987, if it tries to create divisions and interfere like that then I think just like a Salahuddin and a Yasin Malik were born in 1987… if it tries to break PDP like that then outcomes will be dangerous”, said Mehbooba Mufti. Her comment came amidst speculation that after withdrawing its support to the PDP-led coalition government in J & K, the BJP was trying to give another shot at the government making by breaking the PDP. BJP had denied such reports.
Castigating Congress MP Sashi Tharoor for his remark that India would turn into ‘Hindu Pakistan’ if BJP returned to power in 2019, Madhav said the Thiruvananthapuram MP neither understood Pakistan nor Hindus properly. “Tharoor ji neither understands Pakistan nor Hindus properly. Therefore he’s talking about ‘Hindu Pakistan’,” he said. The BJP general secretary asserted that the Modi Government would return to power.
“Modi ji’s Government will be there for next 5 years too. India will stay India and a proud developed nation. There are elections in Pak, let’s see what becomes of them,” Madhav added.