NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday came down hard on JKNC vice president Omar Abdullah 's remark on Afzal Guru saying that the Abdullah family's real face had been exposed as they continue to be soft towards terrorists and it was a politically motivated statement to win polls.
The saffron party also alleged that the Congress was in alliance with the National Conference and they are contesting the polls on same agenda, which meant that the opposition party and Rahul Gandhi were also of the same view.
"Afzal Guru was given death punishment by the law. The matter went to the Supreme Court, and even a review was done but he was found to be involved in anti-national and terrorist activities. To win the election he (Omar Abdullah) is saying that hanging him (Afzal Guru) was a wrong decision, what does he want? I condemn this, it's an irresponsible and anti-national statement," said senior BJP functionary and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad .
"To win the election, will you talk about breaking India? The people of Kashmir and BJP will not let his conspiracy to weaken India be successful," Prasad said.
Abdullah had on Friday said that hanging of Afzal Guru serves no purpose and that the J&K govt had no involvement in the process. He stated that if state approval had been required, it would not have been granted.
Union minister Nityanand Rai said Omar's statement is extremely objectionable and anti-India and any amount of criticism is not enough.
"He is speaking in favour of such terorrists... The Congress is with such anti-India statements. There is no difference between Abdullah and Congress... The people of India will not forgive this," Rai said.
"What does Omar Abdullah want to solve? If anti-national elements who hatched a conspiracy against India are given the death penalty, why do they object to this? They want to create a situation by taking support from terrorists. They are taking support from terrorists. That is why he is speaking such language," said BJP's Kavinder Gupta, who is the former deputy chief minister of J&K.
The saffron party also alleged that the Congress was in alliance with the National Conference and they are contesting the polls on same agenda, which meant that the opposition party and Rahul Gandhi were also of the same view.
"Afzal Guru was given death punishment by the law. The matter went to the Supreme Court, and even a review was done but he was found to be involved in anti-national and terrorist activities. To win the election he (Omar Abdullah) is saying that hanging him (Afzal Guru) was a wrong decision, what does he want? I condemn this, it's an irresponsible and anti-national statement," said senior BJP functionary and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad .
"To win the election, will you talk about breaking India? The people of Kashmir and BJP will not let his conspiracy to weaken India be successful," Prasad said.
Abdullah had on Friday said that hanging of Afzal Guru serves no purpose and that the J&K govt had no involvement in the process. He stated that if state approval had been required, it would not have been granted.
Union minister Nityanand Rai said Omar's statement is extremely objectionable and anti-India and any amount of criticism is not enough.
"He is speaking in favour of such terorrists... The Congress is with such anti-India statements. There is no difference between Abdullah and Congress... The people of India will not forgive this," Rai said.
"What does Omar Abdullah want to solve? If anti-national elements who hatched a conspiracy against India are given the death penalty, why do they object to this? They want to create a situation by taking support from terrorists. They are taking support from terrorists. That is why he is speaking such language," said BJP's Kavinder Gupta, who is the former deputy chief minister of J&K.
