In Srinagar, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the BJP should change its attitude and stop behaving as if it had won 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
Speaking to reporters after the conclusion of the two-day meeting of the NC working committee, Abdullah, while responding to a question on the treatment of opposition members in Parliament, said everyone has the right to express their opinions. points of view in a democracy.
He also said that the deletion of parts of speeches by opposition leaders in the Lok Sabha was not good. "As far as Parliament is concerned, Ruhullah (Mehdi) himself (NC MP from Srinagar, Aga Syed) He was a victim of the president's will. A part of his speech after the president's election was deleted because the president was not happy with him. A part of the LoP (speech) was deleted at the insistence of the BJP. This is not good. "Everyone has the right to express their opinions in a democracy," Abdullah said.
The NC vice president said that if there are no abuses or inappropriate words in a member's speech, "then these things should not have been expunged from the records."
"But who will remind the BJP that while they used to talk about 400 (seats), they could not go beyond 240? The BJP should change their attitude to some extent. They talk as if they have 400 MPs in Parliament (Lok Sabha). They only have 240. We hope that the opposition and its members are not treated like this," he added. In his first speech as leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Rahul Gandhi launched an all-out attack on the BJP, accusing the leaders of the ruling party to divide the people on communal lines. Certain statements he made during the debate on the motion of thanks on the president's speech were later deleted.
Gandhi had on Tuesday written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, saying that "targeted expungement" defies logic and that the comments be reinstated.
To a question about the controversy around the Agniveer plan, Abdullah said it was one of the main reasons why the BJP won fewer seats in the general elections and that the government should scrap the plan. "It is an old issue. Votes were taken against the BJP for that. One of the main reasons for the defeat of the BJP was that those areas where people join the armed forces did not accept Agniveer.
"The BJP should accept the people's mandate, cancel the Agniveer scheme and replace it with something else," he said.
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that Defense Minister Rajnath Singh "lied" in Parliament on the issue of compensation to the families of martyred Agniveers and demanded an apology for the same. He also shared an X video purportedly of the father of a deceased Agniveer who claimed that Singh had claimed that compensation of Rs 1 crore had been given to the relatives of the martyred Agniveer, but his family did not receive any such assistance.
Later in the day, the Indian Army rejected the claims in social media posts and said Agniveer's family had already been given Rs 98.39 lakh of the amount owed.
Asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not mentioned Jammu and Kashmir while talking about the assembly elections in some states, Abdullah said there was no reason to doubt that the assembly elections in the union territory would not be held on time. He said, "Why should we always wait for the Prime Minister to speak about J&K? A few days before that, the Prime Minister came here, did yoga and assured people that elections would be held soon and that the people would elect their government. After that, where is the margin of doubt?"
"The Election Commission has started its preparations, it has said that the elections will be held soon. The Home Minister has said that the electoral process will be concluded before the deadline of the Supreme Court. I don't think there is any room for doubt. the elections will be held out and we are ready for them," he added.
Asked whether the NC will enter into a pre-poll alliance with its INDIA bloc partners, Abdullah said that decision was left to party president Farooq Abdullah. "Whatever the president deems best, We will abide by that decision," he said.
Regarding Jammu and Kashmir police chief R R Swain's comments that those found helping militants should be tried under the Enemy Agents Ordinance, the North Carolina vice president said such decisions will not be "imposed" to the people when elections are held in J&K and that it has its own government.
During the meeting of the NC working committee, Abdullah said, discussions were held on the prevailing political situation in Jammu and Kashmir, measures to strengthen the organization and preparations for the upcoming elections.
Speaking to reporters after the conclusion of the two-day meeting of the NC working committee, Abdullah, while responding to a question on the treatment of opposition members in Parliament, said everyone has the right to express their opinions. points of view in a democracy.
He also said that the deletion of parts of speeches by opposition leaders in the Lok Sabha was not good. "As far as Parliament is concerned, Ruhullah (Mehdi) himself (NC MP from Srinagar, Aga Syed) He was a victim of the president's will. A part of his speech after the president's election was deleted because the president was not happy with him. A part of the LoP (speech) was deleted at the insistence of the BJP. This is not good. "Everyone has the right to express their opinions in a democracy," Abdullah said.
The NC vice president said that if there are no abuses or inappropriate words in a member's speech, "then these things should not have been expunged from the records."
"But who will remind the BJP that while they used to talk about 400 (seats), they could not go beyond 240? The BJP should change their attitude to some extent. They talk as if they have 400 MPs in Parliament (Lok Sabha). They only have 240. We hope that the opposition and its members are not treated like this," he added. In his first speech as leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Rahul Gandhi launched an all-out attack on the BJP, accusing the leaders of the ruling party to divide the people on communal lines. Certain statements he made during the debate on the motion of thanks on the president's speech were later deleted.
Gandhi had on Tuesday written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, saying that "targeted expungement" defies logic and that the comments be reinstated.
To a question about the controversy around the Agniveer plan, Abdullah said it was one of the main reasons why the BJP won fewer seats in the general elections and that the government should scrap the plan. "It is an old issue. Votes were taken against the BJP for that. One of the main reasons for the defeat of the BJP was that those areas where people join the armed forces did not accept Agniveer.
"The BJP should accept the people's mandate, cancel the Agniveer scheme and replace it with something else," he said.
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that Defense Minister Rajnath Singh "lied" in Parliament on the issue of compensation to the families of martyred Agniveers and demanded an apology for the same. He also shared an X video purportedly of the father of a deceased Agniveer who claimed that Singh had claimed that compensation of Rs 1 crore had been given to the relatives of the martyred Agniveer, but his family did not receive any such assistance.
Later in the day, the Indian Army rejected the claims in social media posts and said Agniveer's family had already been given Rs 98.39 lakh of the amount owed.
Asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not mentioned Jammu and Kashmir while talking about the assembly elections in some states, Abdullah said there was no reason to doubt that the assembly elections in the union territory would not be held on time. He said, "Why should we always wait for the Prime Minister to speak about J&K? A few days before that, the Prime Minister came here, did yoga and assured people that elections would be held soon and that the people would elect their government. After that, where is the margin of doubt?"
"The Election Commission has started its preparations, it has said that the elections will be held soon. The Home Minister has said that the electoral process will be concluded before the deadline of the Supreme Court. I don't think there is any room for doubt. the elections will be held out and we are ready for them," he added.
Asked whether the NC will enter into a pre-poll alliance with its INDIA bloc partners, Abdullah said that decision was left to party president Farooq Abdullah. "Whatever the president deems best, We will abide by that decision," he said.
Regarding Jammu and Kashmir police chief R R Swain's comments that those found helping militants should be tried under the Enemy Agents Ordinance, the North Carolina vice president said such decisions will not be "imposed" to the people when elections are held in J&K and that it has its own government.
During the meeting of the NC working committee, Abdullah said, discussions were held on the prevailing political situation in Jammu and Kashmir, measures to strengthen the organization and preparations for the upcoming elections.
