J&K: Omar Abdullah alleges BJP trying to split National Conference
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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party was trying to bring his government down by persuading MLAs of the National Conference to switch sides, reported PTI.
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“Attempts are being made to break the National Conference,” Omar Abdullah said at a convention of party workers in Hazratbal on the 26th death anniversary of his grandmother Akbar Jehan.
Jehan was a politician who had represented Srinagar and Anantnag in the Lok Sabha.
On Saturday, Omar Abdullah alleged that an MLA from his party had told him that the BJP offered him Rs 30 crore and a ministerial berth to defect, reported PTI.
When that did not work, the MLA was told that Jammu and Kashmir would be given statehood if he were to support the BJP, the chief minister further alleged.
On August 5, 2019, Article 370 of the Constitution – which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir – was abrogated and the erstwhile state was split into two Union Territories: Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.
In December 2023, the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the 2019 order abrogating Article 370 and ordered the Centre to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
In October, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that statehood to Jammu and Kashmir will be restored at an “appropriate time” after...