Srinagar: Omar Abdullah has said he will not stop opposing BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate even if he has to take a bus and leave for Pakistan. The comments from Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Minister came on Monday after BJP party’s leader from Bihar Giriraj Singh asked Narendra Modi’s opponents to go to Pakistan. Â
“Today we are getting threat after threat. Thanks to Allah, We have Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service. So, I would not need to go to Delhi or Amritsar to cross Wagah border (into Pakistan). I will get a (bus) ticket from here to Muzaffarabad and cross into Pakistan because I will not stop opposing Modi,” Omar told an election rally in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency.
The rally was also addressed by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Pradesh Congress Committee president Saif-ud-Din Soz. Azad said Modi should not be the Prime Minister of the country as he carried the stigma of 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. “He (Modi) is the only leader who has been a Chief Minister for 12 years but has been refused entry into the US. We may think that the US is a Muslim friendly country — not that big friend of Muslims,” Azad said adding “should we allow such a person to become Prime Minister of India”.
The BJP candidate Giriraj Singh has reportedly been reprimanded by BJP president Rajnath Singh for his remarks and the Bihar police have registered an FIR against Singh. Singh in his defence said, “I have said nothing wrong. I have not insulted Muslims; I am talking about those people who are Pakistan supportersâ€.
(With PTI inputs)