Yogi, Dhami hit out at Congress over its alliance with NC in J&K

Lucknow/Dehradun, Aug 24

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his Uttarakhand counterpart Pushkar Singh Dhami lashed out at the Congress-NC alliance for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls on Saturday.

Adityanath said the “political ground” of the two political parties that “reaped the harvest of hatred has become barren for ever”.

He also slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying his party has “again put its anti-national intentions in front of the country by allying with the National Conference of Abdullah and Sons Family Private Limited”.

Talking to reporters at his official residence, Adityanath claimed that there are several points in the NC’s manifesto for the J&K polls that raise apprehensions about India’s unity, integrity and national security. “The political ground of the Congress and the NC, which harvested the crop of hatred, has become barren for ever,” he said, adding that the issue of terrorism and separatism has merged with the water of the Chenab river.

The BJP leader said the Congress-NC alliance raises many big questions about national security and also worries every person who has true faith and loyalty towards the Constitution. Adityanath also alleged that the anti-reservation face of the Congress has been exposed before the country through its alliance with the NC.

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said the Congress forged an alliance with the National Conference due to its “lust for power”. Dhami also posed 10 questions to the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi and asked them to explain why the party allied with the National Conference and the Abdullah family.

He alleged that the Abdullahs “pushed back” Jammu and Kashmir for three decades and “ruined” it. He also described the Congress as a party that always played with the country’s unity and integrity due to its lust for power.

He said the Congress spread a lie during the Lok Sabha polls that if the Narendra Modi government returned to power at the Centre, the system of reservation would come to an end.

“Would he (Rahul Gandhi) explain if, by entering into an alliance with the National Conference, he supports its agenda of ending the quotas for Gujjar, Bakarwals and the hill people of Jammu and Kashmir?” Dhami asked.

Cong intention clear

Congress has again put its anti-national intentions in front of the country by allying with the National Conference of Abdullah and Sons Family Private Limited. — Yogi Adityanath, CM, Uttar Pradesh